Charlene Cole
Charlene Cole
Charlene Cole aka Charlene Baxter is a 29-year-old resident of Southall a suburban district of west London, England. On December 22, 2017 she was sentenced to five years in jail after she plead guilty to crimes related to having sex with a 13-year-old boy.
Child Sex Crimes
Photo of the seaside beauty spot, Hengistbury Head where Charlene Cole had sex with her 13-year-old victim on August 20, 2017
In May, 2017 Charlene Cole befriended her 13-year-old victim on Facebook and initially thought he was age 19. After she found out his real age, she continued messaging him and sent him sexually explicit images of herself.
Charlene and the victim arranged to meet on August 20, 2017 with Charlene Cole travelling 120 miles from her home from Southall to the New Milton train station, Hants. The pair ended up camping in a tent at the seaside beauty spot of Hengistbury Head in Dorset. Charlene Cole gave the boy Stella Artois beer before they had sex once that night.
The victim's mother had reported him missing at 2:15 am when he failed to return home at 8pm the previous night as agreed and she searched his tablet. After searching the tablet she found sexually explicit messages between her son and Charlene Cole as well as photos of the boy in a state of semi-undress that he had sent to her.
The mother found a mobile number for Cole and called her to ask if she was with his son.
Cole lied and denied to seeing him, the court heard.
The victim was found after he contacted his mother to explain where he was.
On August 21, 2017 police arrested Cole at Basingstoke train station as she made her way home from the South Coast.
Guilty Plea
On September 22, 2017 Charlene Cole pleaded guilty to charges of child abduction, sexual activity with a child, and meeting a child following sexual grooming.
Stuart Ellacott, prosecuting at Bournemouth Crown Court, said:
"He was in contact via various platforms on the internet with Miss Cole.
She referred to him when talking to others as her boyfriend and described him as the love of her life.
It came to a head on the 19th and 20th of August.
He told his parents he was going out for a walk but did not return home.
His mother began to look on electronic devices and found messages from Cole about meeting.
She also found a number of videos in which it would appear her son was at least shirtless and other images of him in more compromising positions.Having
found Miss Cole's details she contacted her. She
said she had spoken to him and knew he was fit and well but knew nothing about his whereabouts."
Sentencing
On December 22, 2017 Bournemouth Crown Court Judge Philip Wassall sentenced Charlene Cole to five years in jail.
Cole was also made the subject of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and told she would also be placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
During the sentencing, Judge Phillip Wassall said:
"He was a vulnerable young man, you met him following sexual grooming, abducting him without lawful authority.
The grooming was over a substantial period of time, it was intensive and successful.
It's clear from the messages the extent to which this had been successful - you were referring to him as the love of your life and him to you as "wifey".
When you had both been drinking you had sex with him.
There is a significant disparity in age and most of the time you were dealing with him you knew what age he was."