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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Pets At Home paedophile lovers fantasised about abusing children together

A jealous woman who went to police about her ex-lover's horrific crimes against children has also been locked up after detectives realised she was heavily involved.

Erica Jones, 22, was working at the Pets At Home store in Garston in 2019 when she began a sexual affair with co-worker Phil Hudson, who had a girlfriend. Their fling involved twisted shared fantasies about abusing children, as proven by text messages sent between the two.

In August last year, 33-year-old Hudson, formerly of Lincoln Street in Garston, was jailed for 27 months at Liverpool Crown Court. However last week Jones, of Holmefield Avenue in Runcorn, followed him into a prison cell.

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