Man from Northamptonshire village jailed for more than seven years for child sex offence

Kenneth Sharman, of Bugbrooke Road, Kislingbury was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on March 6.

The 55-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, after being arrested by West Yorkshire Police on December 16 2025, at a hotel in Brighouse, Yorkshire.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police confirmed Sharman believed he was in communication with what he believed to be an adult woman discussing her daughter. The person was actually a police officer.

Sharman was sentenced to 90 months – seven-and-a-half years – in prison, according to a Leeds Crown Court spokesperson. He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.