CHESTER-LE-STREET PERVERT CAUGHT BY PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS
A pervert was caught by a group of paedophile hunters sending sexually explicit messages to ‘children’, a court heard.Michael Parr encouraged the young girls, who were actually decoys, to perform sex acts on themselves before sending a naked picture of himself.
The 41-year-old spent almost two months sending the increasingly sexual messages to the decoys posing as a 12 and 14-year-old girl.
Dan Wilberforce, prosecuting, said the paedophile hunting group handed over a series of messages to the police following the defendant’s arrest.
He said Parr sent a ‘how to guide’ to the carry out sexual behaviour and send him photographs.
Mr Wilberforce said the defendant sent a photograph of his own genitals to one of the undercover decoys.
Parr, of Middleham Close, Ouston, Chester-le-Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and one of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity between September and October last year.
Caroline McGurk, mitigating, said her client accepts he will be punished for his behaviour but ‘his life has been blown apart and will never be the same again’ and using social media after he was injured in a violent attack.
She added: “When I read the messages to him, his embarrassment and shame were palpable.” Ms McGurk said his offending had cost him his marriage, home and job.
Judge Jonathan Carroll jailed Parr for 32 months for his persistent and protracted attempt to engage in sexual communication with children.
