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A teacher from Birmngham has been jailed for sending naked images of himself to girls, after he contacted them online pretending to be a teenage boy.

Jamie Morgan, aged 27, made contact with three girls on the social media platform Snapchat and encouraged them to send him naked images of themselves.

He used various usernames and told one of the girls he was a 17-year-old boy.

Morgan went on to send the girls naked images of himself, and persuaded one of the girls into sending him a similar image of herself.

But concerns were being raised about him and after officers were contacted early this year, they carried out an investigation into his online activity which resulted in him being arrested on 30 January.

At a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court in March, Morgan admitted three counts of sending indecent images and one charge of inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

On Thursday (10 July)  Morgan of Park Close, Erdington, was jailed for three years and six months. He has also been put on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

DC Darren English from West Midlands Police Public Protection Unit, said:

"Morgan lied and manipulated his young victims, believing that doing so online and by using a fake identity would shield him from being found out. But we were able to quickly unmask his criminal activity and bring him before the courts.

"These young girls and those around them have shown great strength in supporting our investigation throughout and it has resulted in Morgan now being locked up."