Smiths Wood man charged with child sex offences

A 28-year-old man will appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning (Friday 11th November) charged with serious sexual offences.

Jamie Chapman, a nursery worker from Tamar Drive, Smiths Wood, was arrested on Wednesday 9th November from his home address and remanded to appear before magistrates.

He was charged yesterday (10th November) with four counts of causing/inciting a boy 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity, two counts of causing/inciting the sexual exploitation of a child aged 13 to 17, rape of a boy aged 13 to 15.

He is also charged with taking an indecent photograph/pseudo photograph of a child, distributing an indecent photograph/pseudo photograph of a child and six counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo photograph of a child.

Following a search of the address, a number of items of computer equipment were seized.

Police are liaising with the nursery where he is employed as well as previous places of work. At this stage of the inquiry there is no evidence to suggest any inappropriate contact between the worker and children at the nursery.

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