Librarian jailed for sharing explicit messages with a 15-year-old girl

Librarian who used work computer to access 15-year-old girl’s contact details then shared explicit messages with her while posing as boy called ‘Gary Barlow’ is jailed for three years

  • Glyn Viney, 43, from Newport, Isle of Wight, posed online as a 16-year-old boy 
  • Used name ‘Gary Barlow’ to engage in sexual communication with a 15 year old 
  • Claimed to have had similar communication with other children, as young as 13
  • Jailed for more than three years and put on Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely 

A librarian has been jailed after he used his job to access a child’s contact details and sent her explicit messages online while posing as a 16-year-old boy called ‘Gary Barlow’.

Glyn Viney, 43, used a fake Snapchat account to engage in sexual communication with the 15-year-old girl after spotting her in the library and using its database to find her.

A court heard the pervert also had similar communication with other children – with one believed to have been as young as 13.

Now, Viney, who worked in a library in Newport, Isle of Wight, has been jailed for three years and four months.

Daniel Sawyer, prosecuting at Isle of Wight Crown Court, said Viney contacted his 15-year-old victim online while pretending to be a teenage boy who shared the same name as Take That star Gary Barlow.

Glyn Viney, 43, (pictured) used a fake Snapchat account and went by the name Gary Barlow to engage in sexual communication with the 15-year-old girl

Conversations between the pair quickly turned sexual, with Viney asking the girl for sexual images and to carry out sexual acts on herself.

The court also heard there were references to ‘sexual gratification’ during conversations, in the context of the victim being ‘in pain’.

The victim eventually reported matters to her foster carer, who then contacted police.

Viney, who was married but split from his wife, was arrested in August 2019. 

A Snapchat account and screen recorder app, Mobizen, were found on his mobile phone.

Mr Sawyer said messages included demands for videos and added that the victim had ‘disclosed her vulnerabilities’ to Viney.

Viney was sentenced to three years and four months and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely at Isle of Wight Crown Court (pictured)

Similar conversations with different profiles were also found on the phone, with one victim appearing to be just 13 years old. Police were unable to trace the victims.

Viney admitted three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.

He blamed his behaviour on a ‘mental breakdown’ which presiding judge, recorder Anna Midgley, said was ‘indicative of his shame’.

He added that he knew he was going to prison and did not see himself as a victim.

Recorder Midgley jailed him for three years and four months, placed him on the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely and made him subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ten years.

He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £181.

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