Man caught in police sting after online chat with undercover officer posing as a child

MAN CAUGHT IN POLICE STING AFTER ONLINE CHAT WITH UNDERCOVER OFFICER POSING AS A CHILD

A man thought he was talking to a teenage girl online when he asked: "What are you doing in a dirty chat room full of pervs?" But Paul Jones' internet contact was with an undercover police officer posing as a girl aged 13, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

David Webster, prosecuting, said Jones, 56, asked personal details and described himself as "big, fat, old." The fictional girl's age was given early in the exchange.

Later he said: "You are going to be a heartbreaker, yes, no problem." Police officers arrested Jones on January 3 last year and found he had used an iPhone for the internet contact.

But Judge Stuart Rafferty QC told Jones: "This is sickening and sick.

You have the hypocrisy to say you did this because you were bored and not working any more.

It is hypocrisy to add that you had no sexual interest in children." He ordered a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, for Jones of Beacon View, Ollerton who must also take part in a probation course to tackle the crime.

The judge added: "I hope it will challenge you - get to the real you." "If you have any shame at all, just look to your right to your wife writhing in the embarrassment you caused.

What did she do to deserve any of this?" Jones pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child and trying to cause a child to watch sexual activity.

Makhan Shoker, mitigating, said: "There are contradictory signs from every direction.

One looks and finds it difficult to get to the bottom of things."