A judge has criticised the police for allowing a dangerous paedophile free to sexually assault a six-year-old girl who he snatched from a park.
Predator Lewis Jones, 24, was arrested by Merseyside Police after grooming and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl he met through Snapchat in 2020. He was still under investigation two years later and free to attack a little girl playing with other children in a park in Droylsden, Greater Manchester in August 2022.
Jones, formerly of Brocklebank Lane, Allerton, was deemed a dangerous offender as he was jailed for life with a minimum of 12 years before parole by Judge Hilary Manley. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to four counts of sexual activity with a child and assault by penetration relating to a girl aged 12 and 13, and making indecent images of children between January and June 2020. He also admitted two counts of assault by penetration to the six-year-old in August last year.
