Former Milton school teacher jailed for sex offenses against children

A former primary school teacher and scout leader has been jailed for sex offenses against children.

In April 2023, 27-year-old Samuel Robinson made contact with a person he believed to be 13 years old, but who turned out to be a decoy from an online child activist group.

The decoy repeatedly told him they were 13 years old, but he continued the sexual conversation and was arrested on April 11 before being charged and pleading guilty to numerous child sex offenses.

On Wednesday Robinson, of Butt Lane, Milton, near Cambridge, was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison at Cambridge Crown Court.

Before his arrest, Robinson had spoken to the decoy via social media platforms between April 7 and 11 last year.

Cambridgeshire Police said the activist group visited him at his home on April 11 and he was subsequently arrested.

Robinson’s electronic devices were seized and an investigation into his Snapchat account revealed he had also communicated with a 15-year-old girl between May 2021 and June 2022.

The conversation was sexual in nature and he offered to send inappropriate pictures of himself.

He previously pleaded guilty to sexually communicating with a child, attempting to communicate sexually with a child and enticing a girl to engage in sexual activity.

Detective Constable Caroline Murphy, of Cambridgeshire Police, said the offenses were unrelated to Robinson’s teaching work or his role as a scout leader.

“Robinson was aware of the obligation we all have to protect young people, so to engage with children in this way and engage them in completely inappropriate conversations was appalling,” she added.

“This case shows how serious we are about protecting children from harm.”