A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Warrington had pleaded guilty to 25 child sex offences today, Wednesday.

The 17-year-old boy appeared at Chester Youth Court this morning where he was asked to enter a plea to the charges which included taking indecent photographs/videos of children, causing or inciting sexual exploitation of children and blackmail.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on April 25 at Chester Youth Court after a pre-sentence report was ordered by the magistrates.

He has been charged with:

  •  Seven counts of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child aged 13 to 17
  • One count of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child aged under 13
  • Three counts of attempting to arrange/facilitate the commission of a child sex offence
  • Three counts of taking an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child
  • Three counts of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child
  • Two counts of causing a child aged 13 to 15 to watch a sexual act
  • Two counts of distributing an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child
  • One count of blackmail
  • One count of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress
  • One count of possession of an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child
  • One count of possession of a prohibited image of a child