A former senior advisor to Barack Obama has been sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison.
Rahamim Shy, 47, was arrested in February 2024 by police in the United Kingdom after travelling to the country with a view to meeting a nine-year-old girl for sex.
Shy had reportedly planned the meeting for around a month, speaking with an individual named “Debbie” who said she was the child’s grandmother, the BBC reports.
However, the woman in question was an undercover police officer.
During his trial, the court heard how Shy had described in gruesome detail how he would abuse the girl, despite the fact that her age of nine was a “tad late.”
Nevertheless, he insisted it would be an “honor” to be “her first.”
Upon his arrest, law enforcement found toys and condoms in his luggage, while his phone contained indecent images of children.
On Wednesday, Shy was found guilty at Luton Crown Court of arranging the commission of a child sex offence and possessing indecent photographs of a child.
He was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison, although the nature of Britain’s penal system means that he will likely serve around half of