A PAEDOPHILE who was working as a contractor in a Crowthorne school abused his position to attempt to take advantage of children has been jailed for two years.
Calum O’Reilly-Timms, 25 and of North Street, Martock, Somerset, was found guilty by unanimous verdict of one count of inciting a child aged under 13 to engage in sexual activity, one count of attempted sexual assault of a child aged under 13 and one count of causing or inciting a child aged under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
He was convicted and sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Friday, September 30.
Prior to the hearing he had pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
O’Reilly-Timms has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years and is subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. He has also been banned from working with children.
On Thursday, August 5 last year, O’Reilly-Timms, who was working as a contractor at Edgbarrow School where a summer camp was taking place.
He followed two boys, both aged eight, into the school toilets, and asked the first boy an inappropriate question and then asked if he could touch him inappropriately.
The boy then left the toilet.
The second boy then entered, and O’Reilly-Timms also asked him an inappropriate question.
The boys both separately reported the incidents to their parents, and a police investigation was launched.
O’Reilly-Timms was arrested the following day.
During the investigation, various devices belonging to O’Reilly-Timms were seized and he was found to be in possession of indecent images of children.
He was charged on Monday, February 21.
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Robert Chevalier, of Bracknell and Wokingham CID, said: “These were extremely shocking incidents, carried out by an opportunistic and predatory man.
“Although very young, both his victims provided officers with detailed descriptions of what O’Reilly-Timms had said and done, which enabled us to identify him and arrest him quickly following the incidents.”
He added: “I would like to thank them and their families for their support of our investigation, and I hope that this case demonstrates how seriously these allegations are taken, how thoroughly they will be investigated and how important the safeguarding of victims is to Thames Valley Police.”
