Doncaster man ordered to sign Sex Offenders' Register for having sexual conversations with underage teenage girl

A Doncaster man has been put on the Sex Offenders Register for seven years for having a sexual conversation with a teenager he knew was under the age of 16, court records show.
By Andy Done-Johnson
Published 27th Nov 2020, 15:00 BST
John Mackie had sexual conversations with an underage teenage girlJohn Mackie had sexual conversations with an underage teenage girl
John Mackie had sexual conversations with an underage teenage girl

John Mackie appeared before Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on November 20 where he admitted the offence, which took place between July 7 and August 8 last year, records show.

He was charged with “for the purpose of sexual gratification, intentionally communicated with a person under the age of 16, who you did not reasonably believe to be 16 or over, and the communication being sexual, talking about your penis, asking about her sexual history and whether she masturbated”.

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Magistrates also gave Mackie, 50, of Warchhouse Lane, Doncaster, a community order to include 40 rehabilitation days with the Probation Service.

He was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £122 victim surcharge.

He will remain on the Sex Offenders’ Register until 2027.

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