Police fear Gemma Watts may have more victims after meeting girls she talked to online while pretending to be 'Jake.'
, detectives ruled that Watts had spun a"bizarre and elaborate web of deception" in order to meet teenage girls she had been talking to on social media.
An investigation was launched after a 14-year-old girl reported being abused by her boyfriend"Jake Waton" in April 2018. Two further juvenile victims also reported being groomed and assaulted by Watts under the same alias. "Members of the family remarked that there were particular things said and done that caused them initial concern, but it was apparent by the evidence given by both parents that Gemma Watts was adept at manipulating people and continuing the subterfuge that she did," Shaw added.
Watts eventually pleaded guilty to seven sexual offenses at Winchester Crown Court on November 28, 2019, including sexual assault, meeting a child following sexual grooming and assault by penetration. She has now been jailed for eight years at the same court. "Children are particularly vulnerable to exploitation online with increased use of social media apps, and there is a real risk that any contact with a stranger online can lead to a child meeting an offender in person.
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