A Wigan man who sexually assaulted a nine-year-old child and forced her to send him indecent photographs of herself has been jailed for eighteen years.
Sixty three year old Alan Cunningham pleaded guilty in June 2023 to four counts of sexual activity with a girl under 13 and possessing indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child.Cunningham was also made to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely
n May 2019, Cunningham began sexually assaulting a nine-year-old child and forced her to send him indecent photographs of herself.
His behaviour continued until March 2023 when the mother of a the child noticed inappropriate text messages from Cunningham to her daughter.
Text messages were sent by Cunningham to the victim with comments such as “Where are my kisses at the end of messages” and “you could have took me to the bath too”.
Following examination, a number of category C images were found on the device seized from Cunningham, with him requesting that the victim send nude pictures in return for money.
