Brit Charged with Child Sex Slave Plot Better Take Deal or Face Going on Trial: Judge

An Englishman charged with trying to buy a child sex slave has five days to work out a deal with prosecutors or his case will be set for trial, a Will County judge declared Wednesday morning.

Charles Bocock, 38, was pinched on indecent solicitation of a child, grooming, and traveling to meet a minor charges during a June 2013 sting at a Plainfield Dunkin’ Donuts.

Bocock, a British citizen living in Chicago at the time of his arrest, allegedly responded to a Craigslist advertisement posted by a Plainfield resident who was looking to get money for his car payment. In exchange for the money, Bocock wanted a girl for sex, officials said, and preferred one between the ages of 7 and 11.

The Plainfield resident went to the police and an investigator pretending to be the cash-strapped Craigslist poster continued the online conversation with Bocock, officials said. The investigator reportedly offered Bocock his 12-year-old niece for the car payment money, and a rendezvous was set up at the Dunkin’ Donuts.

After Bocock was taken into custody, police searched his North Tripp Avenue home and found “numerous” images of child pornography, a prosecutor said at a prior court hearing.

Bocock’s attorney, Alexander Beck, said prosecutors offered a deal but he has yet to discuss it with his client. Judge Sarah Jones said Bocock has until Monday to plead guilty, otherwise she will set his case for trial.

Bocock has found the amenities at the county jail lacking, according to court papers. Since he has been locked up, Bocock has filed a lawsuit claiming the jail commissary sold him spoiled mayonnaise and a petition complaining that the towels are too small.