Cardiff, Wales, UK (SafeCITY) - David Roberts, a 68-year-old British man was sentenced and ordered to register as a sex offender after his wife posed as a school girl to discover he was propositioning underage girls in kiddie chat rooms.
Cheryl Roberts, 61, created a profile pretending to be a 14-year-old school girl after noticing that her husband, David Roberts had been spending a suspicious amount of time on the Internet.
When David Roberts logged onto one computer in his private study, Cheryl Roberts used a second computer located in the couple's living room to find out what he was up to.
Investigators say David Roberts began exchanging sexually explicit messages with Cheryl - and even sent her a video that showed him fondling himself. All the while, David never realized that he was chatting with his wife, just a few yards away. When David propositioned the supposed 14-year-old for sex, Cheryl called police and the NSPCC.
Officers seized the couple's computers, discovering dozens of child porn images that David Roberts had downloaded. During questioning, Roberts still did not realize he had been captured by his own wife until detectives enlightened him about how he had been caught.
Roberts pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual activity in the presence of a child, making indecent photographs of a child and possessing illegal images.
He was sentenced to a three-year community order which includes sex offender therapy. He has also been banned from having contact with children and must register as a sex offender.
No jail time was ordered, and the couple has reportedly filed for divorce.
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