Buxton paedophile jailed after trying to message teenage girl online
He was caught as the account he was talking to was actually a decoy for an online child abuse activist group.
A Buxton sex offender has been jailed after being caught messaging what he thought was a teenage girl online.
28 year old Daniel Stout, of Fairfield Road, was already a convicted sex offender at the time of the incident, where he sent what he believed to be a 14 year old girl naked photos.
The account was actually a decoy for an online child abuse activist group.
Stout was arrested after trying to 'meet' the girl in his hometown of Buxton.
He was subsequently charged with attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
He will spend two and a half years behind bars after pleading guilty at Derby Crown Court.
PC Jodie Norris, who led the investigation for Derbyshire Police, said: “The fact that Stout committed this offence while under a Sexual Harm Prevention Order shows what a dangerous predator he is with no regard for the law.
“Thankfully in this case, the ‘girl’ he was messaging was an adult so a child has not been caused mental or emotional harm because of Stout’s depraved urges.
“I sincerely hope that this time behind bars will now give him the opportunity to reflect on his behaviour and realise the error of his ways.”