These two men advertised children online for sex - their sentence will shock you

TWO men who admitted prostitution offences involving children have been jailed for just two and a half years each.

The pair were nailed by the Met Police operation to target the most dangerous sexual and violent offenders set up in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens.

Clinton Easy, 31, of no fixed abode was sentenced on Friday, June 21 to two years and six months’ imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court for two counts of controlling prostitution and the possession and distribution of indecent images.

Tyler Belgrave-Breeds, 33, of Walsham Close, Thamesmead, was sentenced in the same hearing to two years and six months’ imprisonment for controlling prostitution and the possession and distribution of indecent images.

Both men were given a sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.

They had pleaded guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing.

Easy, originally from the Catford area of Lewisham, was a suspect of the Met's data driven V100 operation targeting the most harmful offenders across the Capital.

He was caught after evidence from online websites showed he was advertising children to be used for sexual acts.

Once arrested in November 2021, officers seized all of Easy's devices and began the work to scan for incriminating messages, also discovering a series of adverts he had made to arrange sex with the young girls.

Several indecent images were also found on his phone.

As a result, Met officers successfully safeguarded three victims aged 13-17 during the investigation, after identifying them from phone analysis and trawling through texts messages from Easy’s phone. As part of enquiries, detectives remained committed to providing the young victims with specialist support.

Met detectives traced Easy's adverts to a second man, Tyler Belgrave-Breeds. Officers gathered evidence to prove that Belgrave-Breeds had paid for online advertisement space to promote sex with the victims.

The sentences come as the Met continues its commitment to protect children and target those who seek to cause harm against women and girls.

Detective Sergeant Katy Lee, who led the investigation, said: “This investigation was complex with the team reviewing thousands of text messages and tracing different sim cards used by the suspects to try and avoid being caught.

“We are thorough in our work and will leave no stone unturned to build up evidence and help get these criminals behind bars and safeguard their victims from further harm.

"We take harm to children and girls with the utmost seriousness and I am proud we are able to protect our communities as part of our mission to make London safer for women and girls.”

Commander Ben Russell, who leads V100, said: “Through V100 we’re able to identify the most predatory offenders in London who pose the greatest threat to women and girls.

“This another great example of how these tactics are working to protect our communities and the relentless work we are doing to make London safer.”

The ‘V100’ uses data analytics to identify and target the top men and women who pose the most risk using existing police data from victim reports of crime alongside the Cambridge Crime Harm Index, a tool which helps police measure the seriousness of harm to victims. This enables the Met to prioritise police interventions to have the biggest impact, reducing the threat perpetrators pose and the harm they cause.