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Jacob Corrie, 31, from Carlisle, will now spend ten years and four months in prison after the Court of Appeal ruled his original sentence was too lenient. Corrie abused two teenagers over several years, targeting a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, grooming them online and coercing them into sending explicit images.
He first contacted the boy through social media in 2013 and repeatedly abused him between 2013 and 2015, sending sexually explicit messages throughout. In the same year, he also abused a 15-year-old girl, threatening her into silence and later demanding further sexual images, claiming he would share compromising photos if she refused. In 2020, he was separately convicted for sending further threatening messages to the same girl in an attempt to obtain more photos.
Corrie denied the allegations but later pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual activity with a child, eight counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual communication with a child. Victim impact statements described how his abuse left lasting psychological harm, including trauma, anxiety and depression. In April, Carlisle Crown Court sentenced him to six years and four months. The Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC, referred the case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, arguing it failed to reflect the seriousness of his crimes. Judges agreed and increased the sentence by four years.
Lucy Rigby KC said: “Jacob Corrie’s crimes were appalling. I commend Cumbria Police for their thorough investigation and welcome the decision to increase his sentence.”