Robert Erdei

Introduction

Robert Erdei, 20, of Leigh, Greater Manchester, was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on November 6, 2026, after pleading guilty to 22 counts of sexual offences against a child. The offending took place over roughly three months, between October and December 2024, and came to light after a report from a partner agency led to his arrest and a police investigation that uncovered evidence of a range of sexual offending against a single child victim.

Background Information

Erdei was a young man from the Leigh area of Wigan borough at the time of the offences and was 20 years old when he appeared for sentence at Liverpool Crown Court. Greater Manchester Police arrested him on suspicion of child sex offences against a child under the age of 16 after a report by a partner agency — a term for bodies such as councils, health services or charities that refer concerns to police. Investigators with the force’s Child Protection Investigation Unit identified evidence of a range of sexual offending and submitted a case file to the Crown Prosecution Service, which brought 22 charges covering three categories of offence committed between October and December 2024.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced. Erdei pleaded guilty to all 22 counts — 13 of sexual activity with a child, eight of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and one of causing a child to watch a sexual act — and received a custodial sentence of five years and seven months.

At Liverpool Crown Court on November 6, 2026, Erdei was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison. He had pleaded guilty to the full set of charges: 13 counts of sexual activity with a child, eight counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act. The offences were committed against one child across an offending period that ran from October 2024 to December 2024.

The case reached court after officers from Greater Manchester Police acted on a referral from a partner agency concerning offences against a child under 16. Detectives built a case file documenting what the force described as a range of sexual offending and passed it to the CPS, whose casework supported the 22-count indictment to which Erdei eventually pleaded guilty rather than face trial.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Detective Sergeant Pyke, of Greater Manchester Police’s Child Protection Investigation Unit based in Wigan, said after sentencing: “My thoughts remain with the survivor concerned in this horrific case and their family.” Pyke said Erdei “has showed clear intent and wilfully engaged in sexual offending against the most vulnerable of victims, a child,” and that “protecting children will always be the highest priority at GMP and we will always take the strongest possible action where allegations of this nature are made.” The force publicized the sentence and its reporting routes, including Crimestoppers, in local coverage.

Local court reporting published Erdei’s name, age and photograph alongside the sentence, recording the full breakdown of the 22 admitted offences. The reporting noted investigators’ praise for the strength of the evidence submitted to the CPS, which underpinned the guilty pleas and the custodial outcome.

Current Status

Erdei is serving a sentence of five years and seven months imposed on November 6, 2026. The guilty pleas resolved all 22 counts without a trial, and the sentence length reflected the volume and seriousness of the offending against a single child victim over a concentrated three-month period. The investigation was led by GMP’s Wigan-based child protection detectives, and no further proceedings were announced in the sentencing coverage.

Impact on Their Career/Life

At 20, Erdei begins adult custody with a conviction record spanning 22 sexual offences against a child — a registry of admissions that will follow him for the length of his sentence and, for sexual-offence notification requirements, potentially far beyond it. The case demonstrates the route by which such prosecutions now typically begin: not through a victim’s initial complaint to police but through a partner agency’s report, followed by digital and evidential work that produced a 22-count case file strong enough to resolve by plea.

Sources

• “Leigh man jailed after officers uncovered 22 child sex offences” — Wigan Today, Nov. 8, 2026 source