Ex-School Governor Jailed For Inciting Young Girls To Meet For Sex

A former school governor, who tried to persuade two schoolgirls - aged thirteen and fifteen - to meet him for sex during explicit internet conversations, has been jailed for three years and nine months.

Management consultant Malcolm Greenaway, 66, (pictured) of Stanley Park Road, Carshalton Beeches, Surrey pleaded guilty to two counts of causing or inciting the under-age girls to engage in sexual activity between January 1 and October 31, 2010.

Greenaway was a governor at Wallington High School for Girls between 1988 and 1997 and at Stanley Park Infants and Junior schools between 1992 and 1988.

He also pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to thirty-two counts of possessing indecent images of children, which were found on his computer when police executed a search warrant at his home on January 28, 2012.

Prosecutor Mr. Hamish Reid told the court a family friend of the thirteen year-old Cheshire schoolgirl raised the alarm after discovering the youngster was communicating on Facebook with a user who posted an image of a male's bare torso.

The same user encouraged the girl to try on her swimming costume and made repeated contact with her as well as another Cheshire schoolgirl, aged fifteen years-old.

“He had made contact with the girls, pretending to be someone else, and tried to meet them, although no meetings took place,” explained Mr. Reid.

“He invited them to engage in sexual activity, such as intercourse.”

Greenway was traced via his computer's unique IP address on January 19 and his home was raided nine days later.

He told officers he was depressed and the court heard he made attempts at self-harm after he was arrested and bailed.

The Recorder of Croydon Warwick McKinnon announced: “These are two potentially very serious offences.”