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Newhaven man charged with online child sex offences

Tuesday, 31 March 2026 14:19

By V2 RADIO @V2RadioSussex

Sussex Police’s Online Child Abuse Team have charged a man with dozens of online child sex offences.

An investigation was launched in June 2025, after Sussex Police were alerted to suspicious online activity.

20-year-old Samuel Carragher, of Acacia Road in Newhaven, was arrested at his home and subsequently charged with:

Two counts of distributing an indecent image of a child
Three counts of making an indecent image of a child
Ten counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child
Three counts of threatening to share an intimate image
Four counts of causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in penetrative sexual activity
Five counts of inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity
Two counts of causing a girl aged 13 to 15 to look at or watch an image of sexual activity
One count of sending an image of genitals to cause alarm, distress or humiliation
Three counts of paying for the sexual services of a girl aged 13 to 15
Three counts of paying for the sexual services of a girl aged 16 to 17
One count of paying for the sexual services of a girl under 13
One count of possessing an extreme pornographic image

The alleged offences involve at least 14 victims aged between 13 and 17 and are believed to have taken place between 2022 and 2025.

Carragher was remanded in custody at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 24 March, and will next appear on Wednesday, 22 April, at a court to be confirmed.

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