Welling sex offender Michael Ericksen-Tree sentenced

Michael Ericksen-Tree avoided prison for sex offences <i>(Image: PA)</i>
Michael Ericksen-Tree avoided prison for sex offences (Image: PA)
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A man who tried to video call a child whilst masturbating has been sentenced to a 9pm curfew. 

Michael Ericksen-Tree was convicted of a number of offences committed in Welling between August and September last year. 

These included making two indecent images of a child and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child by video-calling them. 

He also admitted four charges of stealing postal packets in Welling. 

Ericksen-Tree, 48, of Wykenham Grove in Maidstone, was sentenced at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Friday, November 21. 

He was given an 18-month community order, the element of punishment included in the order was a six-month 9pm curfew which will be electronically monitored. 

Ericksen-Treet will be required to sign the sex offenders register for five years. 

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