Sam Carragher

Public criminal case information in the UK indicates that an individual named Samuel Carragher, from Newhaven, has been charged with a range of child sex offenses. The investigation by Sussex Police's Online Child Abuse Team began in June 2025 after disturbing online activity was detected.

The charges against Samuel Carragher, who is 20 years old, involve at least 14 victims aged between 13 and 17, with offenses spanning from 2022 to 2025. The allegations include:

• 2 counts of distributing indecent images of children.
• 3 counts of making indecent images of children.
• 10 counts of sexual communication with a child.
• 3 counts of threatening to share intimate images.
• 4 counts of causing or inciting girls aged 13–15 to engage in penetrative sex.
• 5 counts of inciting girls aged 13–15 to engage in non-penetrative sex.
• 2 counts of causing girls aged 13–15 to view sexual images.
• 1 count of sending a genital image to cause alarm or distress.
• 3 counts of paying for sexual services of girls aged 13–15.
• 3 counts of paying for sexual services of girls aged 16–17.
• 1 count of paying for sexual services of a girl under 13.
• 1 count of possessing an extreme pornographic image.

Carragher made an appearance at Brighton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, where he was remanded in custody. His next hearing was scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Public court records also show a hearing for "CARRAGHER Samuel" at Lewes Crown Court on May 21, 2026, under criminal case reference 47EE0752226, indicating the case has been transferred to the Crown Court.