Police arrested him at St Andrew’s Quay
Kai Beeby appeared at Hull Crown Court(Image: Humberside Police)
Police caught a man after he started exchanging flirtatious messages with a decoy 12-year-old girl and told her: “Lol, bit young! What are you doing on this app?” Social media user Kai Beeby tried to persuade the fake girl to send him a “naughty” photograph of herself – but he joked that she was “a bit too young to be seeing” his pictures.
He later insisted that he had no sexual interest in children but a judge expressed concern about this claim in view of his actions, Hull Crown Court heard. Beeby, 38, of Cheadle Close, off Beverley Road, Hull, admitted attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child between August 5 and 15, 2024.
Beatrice Allsop, prosecuting, said that Beeby sent a message to a decoy 12-year-old girl on a social media app and asked her if she would like to chat. He had an image of male private parts as the background picture on his profile.
The fake girl told him that she was 12 years old but he replied: “Lol, bit young! What are you doing on this app?” He joked that he was sure that she had “never taken a naughty pic” and he repeatedly asked her for a picture.
The contact between them continued for 10 days and Beeby told her: “You are a bit too young to be seeing my pics.” He put an emoji on part of an explicit intimate picture.
He changed the background picture of his profile to show part of a naked male. On November 21, 2024, police went to St Andrew’s Quay, Hull, located Beeby and arrested him.
During police interview, he claimed that he did not remember talking to a child and he denied having done so online in a sexual way. He claimed that his account had been hacked a year earlier.
He later admitted that it must have been him who sent the messages and that the intimate images were his. “He denied having a sexual interest in children,” said Miss Allsop.
Hannah Turner, mitigating, said that no indecent pictures were found on Beeby’s mobile phone. He had no previous convictions or cautions and he would comply with any conditions of a court order.
“This will give him something to focus on in the community,” said Miss Turner. Beeby had previously worked in security but his licence was later revoked. He had also earlier worked in construction but he was not currently working.
Judge Kate Rayfield said that she was concerned that Beeby claimed that he had no sexual interest in children but he had been in contact with someone that he thought was a 12-year-old girl. The offending was short-lived, however.
Beeby was given 130 hours’ unpaid work and 18 days’ rehabilitation. He was given a five-year sexual harm prevention order and he must register as a sex offender for five years.
He was ordered to pay a £114 victims’ surcharge. The mobile phone will be forfeited and destroyed.