B.C. man sentenced to 8 years after travelling to U.K. to sexually abuse children

A B.C. man has been convicted of child exploitation offences in the U.K. following a joint investigation.

Langley’s Glenn Schulz, 38, has pleaded guilty to two charges of arranging a child sex offence and one charge of distributing indecent images. He has been sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison in the U.K.

In May 2016, an undercover officer in the U.K. initiated an investigation, posing as a single father of two young children. According to police, Schulz approached the officer, having located his contact information on a site known for the sharing of child exploitation material.

During the course of the online communication, Schulz told the undercover officer that he would travel to the U.K. from Vancouver to meet and sexually abuse the fictitious children. During the back and forth emailing, police say Schulz also sent numerous child pornography images to the undercover officer.

The U.K. police contacted the BC Integrated Child Exploitation (BC ICE) team in Ottawa, and through the combined efforts, Schulz was arrested upon his arrival at Gatwick Airport.

“This investigation is an excellent example of the ongoing proactive online enforcement efforts that the BC RCMP is currently focusing on,” said Inspector Tyler Svendson, who is the officer in charge of the BC RCMP’s Behavioural Sciences Group. “The BC ICE Unit’s Online Covert Investigations team of dedicated full-time investigators actively seeks out child predators throughout various online social media outlets and websites known to be used for child exploitation activity. As suspect individuals are identified through the employment of these proactive assets, they are subsequently arrested and charged to the fullest extent of the law.”

The BC RCMP strongly advises individuals to contact their local police service or www.cybertip.ca, to report suspected online child exploitation to ensure that they do not place themselves or others in a potentially dangerous situation.