A pervert who attempted to incite a child to engage in sex has avoided being sent to prison after being caught out in a sting.
Asian Pervert Mohammed Uddin communicated online with three schoolgirls who were in fact paedophile hunter decoys.
During the online sex chats, 24-year-old Uddin:
- Asked an 11-year-old decoy for sex and to send pictures of herself;
- Discussed meeting with the girl and said they could do ‘naughty stuff’ like the images he had previously sent her of couples having sex;
- Told a 14-year-old decoy she was ‘cute and hot’ and that he wished he was younger and;
- Suggested to the third decoy, posing as a 12-year-old girl, they could be ‘friends with benefits’.
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Now Uddin has been sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years, at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Prosecutor Oliver Woolhouse said online child protection group Scorpion Hunters UK set up a decoy claiming to be an 11-year-old girl called Skye.
On May 28, 2019 she received a message from the defendant who provided his mobile and encouraged her to contact him by WhatsApp.
Mr Woolhouse said: “It was made clear that Skye was a schoolgirl. He told her he was 21 and said he wished he was younger so they could go out.
“He said he would like to take her out and by June 1 he said he would like to cuddle her in bed. He asked for selfies and told her she was cute.
“She said she needed to use mum’s phone to take photos and he asked her not to.
“He asked for sex. On July 2 he asked if she would let him kiss her private area. On July 20 he talked about when they met they could kiss and ‘do naughty stuff’ like the images he had previously sent. On July 31 they were still discussing where they might meet but he appeared to have cold feet and made his excuses.
“He described it was perfectly natural, sexual activity, but it would have to be kept a secret.
“The conversations ended on August 18, 2019 but the arranged meeting never took place.”
Mr Woolhouse said the defendant asked Skye for photos of herself including a naked image of her private area.
The defendant also made contact with two other online decoys set up by Justice for the Innocent, a 14-year-old called Emma and 12-year-old Shannon.
Mr Woolhouse said: “He stated that Emma was cute and hot and told her he wished he was younger. He said he wanted sex and love though he feared he was being baited.”
He made contact with Shannon on September 20, 2019 and suggested they could be ‘friends with benefits’.
The defendant was arrested after being met by a group of North West Paedophile Hunters in Stoke-on-Trent on October 1, 2019.
He did not show up at first so one of the team used an adult profile to flush him out.
Mr Woolhouse said: “She told him she wanted to meet straight away for some male company. He arrived and was identified and detained. His arrest was filmed on a live Facebook stream. Police attended and arrested the defendant.”
The defendant made full and frank admissions.
Uddin, now of Springfield Road, Moseley, Birmingham, pleaded guilty to attempting to incite a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and three offences of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
Steve Hennessy, mitigating, said the defendant has accepted he has issues which need to be addressed. He said: “The attempt to incite sexual behaviour was an attempt, she was not a real child and no sexual activity took place.”
As part of the suspended sentence order Uddin must complete a rehabilitation activity requirement for 55 days.
He was made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for 10 years and was placed on the sex offenders’ register for the same period.
Judge David Fletcher said: “There was grooming behaviour used against a girl you thought was aged 11. There was a significant difference in age between you and her.