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A man who tried to incite a teenager to have sex with him and downloaded 42 indecent images of children has been jailed for two-and-a-half years – and could be deported on his release.
Deputy Bailiff Robert MacRae told Krzystof Kamil Lis that his crimes were of the sort “that make nightmares for children and parents alike”.
The 41-year-old was this week sentenced for one count of inciting a sexual act with an older child, and two counts of making indecent images of children.
The Royal Court heard that Lis stopped a 14-year-old girl whilst she was cycling to school, and handed her a typed note which stated: “You can have me any time you want.”
He also told the girl: “Don’t tell anyone.”
But the girl told a school friend and a teacher, who then informed the police.
She gave officers a description of the man who had given her the note, and police later arrested Lis at the spot where he had approached her.
Pictured: Lis handed a 14-year-old girl a typed note which stated: “You can have me any time you want.”
Police seized the Lis' mobile phone and Crown Advocate Carla Carvalho, prosecuting, said it was found to contain 42 indecent images of children, mostly of girls aged under ten.
His internet history also showed Lis had visited numerous websites containing images of underage girls.
None of the images belonged to category A, the most serious category.
The Crown Advocate said that, when interviewed, Lis claimed that he thought the girl had dropped the note herself and he had been handing it back to her.
He also claimed that the indecent images were found on his phone because it had been hacked by someone.
But he was found guilty of both offences following a trial in July this year.
Advocate Carvalho said that the fact the girl was wearing a school uniform would have indicated that she was likely to be under the age of consent.
She accepted there was no explicit language in the note, but added: “A typed note shows a level of planning.”
The Crown Advocate said Lis was deemed at medium risk of reconviction and recommended a sentence of two years and eight months. She added that he met the criteria for deportation.
Advocate Allana Binnie, defending, accepted that Lis was facing a prison sentence but argued for a shorter one.
She said: “This was a very brief incident. There was no coercion, aggression or menace.”
She added that Lis had been diagnosed as suffering from a mental illness and his risk of reconviction would drop from medium to low if he received the right treatment, saying: “He is fully compliant and engaged.
“As soon as he knew that he had to take medication, he has taken medication.”
Advocate Binnie did not argue against the recommendation for deportation.
The Deputy Bailiff said Jurats believed Lis’s continued presence in Jersey would be “detrimental to the community in Jersey”, adding that he had no family in the island who would be harmed if he returned to his native Poland.
He told him: “This was planned. You prepared a typed note and chose your victim.
“It is the sort of offence that makes nightmares for children and parents alike.”
The Jurats sitting were Gareth Hughes and Andrew Cornish.
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