A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to three charges involving sexual communications with a child.

Lee Bergstrom, 35, of Nipsells Chase, Mayland was charged with attempting to cause or incite  a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child and an attempted breach of a sexual harm prevention order.

Bergstrom pleaded guilty in Chelmsford Crown Court on December 16, before his sentencing on Friday, January 10. 

In October 2024, officers from the Management of Sex Offenders and Violent Offenders team acted on information from the National Crime Agency that Lee Bergstrom was committing offences and breaching his sexual harm prevention order.

He was subsequently arrested after officers discovered he was using his gaming account to engage with girls under the age of 16.

Further investigations revealed that he was also attempting to engage in sexual communications with a girl.

Detective Chief Inspector Michael Pannell said: "I am pleased to see that Bergstrom has been jailed for his crimes.

"I want to reassure the community that we continue to work hard to bring more people like him to justice.

"He not only showed a flagrant disregard for his order but was actively committing new offences and targeting vulnerable children.

"We work hard to monitor and manage people who are subject to such orders and if anyone is found to breach the terms of these preventative orders, we will find them and they will be brought before the courts."

Bergstrom will serve a sentence made up of six years imprisonment with an extension of six years on license in relation to the offence of attempting to cause or incite a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.

Alongside this he was jailed for a total for two years six months, in relation to the other charges, to run concurrently.

He was placed on the sex offenders register for life and his games console was confiscated. 

Bergstrom was sentenced in 2020 for similar offences, pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a child and breaching a sexual harm prevention order when he was 31.