The former director of Climb Rochdale, a climbing gym north of Manchester in the UK, appeared before Court on Monday (10 September), where he pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to arrange or facilitate the commission of a child sex offense, and one count of attempting to cause a child aged 13-15 to watch or look at an image of sexual activity according to Rochdaleonline.
Terance Gerard Myles, was originally charged in April with two counts of attempting to arrange or facilitate the commission of a child sex offense, three counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, one count of possessing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child and one count of an offender 18 or over attempting to cause a child aged 13-15 to watch or look at an image of sexual activity.
It’s unknown if these acts occurred at the climbing gym.
Climb Rochdale closed suddenly in January 2017.
A statement on their website from February 2017 read: “Climb Rochdale has now closed. We regret to announce that Pink Climbing Centres Ltd has now ceased trading.”
Myles, of Perry Street, Darwen, was appointed director of Pink Climbing Centres Ltd, which ran Climb Rochdale, on 6 December 2012.
He is due to be sentenced on 8 October.
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