Locations
Richmond Terrace, Liverpool, L6
Description
An ex children's entertainer keeps asking girls to send naked and semi-naked pictures of themselves to him.
In his most recent vile messages Michael Monks asked a 13-year-old to lift her skirt and take a photo for him before sending videos of himself performing sex acts.
Despite having been snared by paedophile hunters in the past the 41-year-old was duped again, this time by an undercover police officer.
The former DJ was caught in 2017 after asking another decoy profile, also pretending to be a 13-year-old girl, for oral sex and suggesting they stay the night at a hotel or bed and breakfast.
Today the dad, who used to work as a DJ and entertainer at childrens parties, was back in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court for similar offences.
Ken Grant, prosecuting, explained an undercover police officer was using the Kik Messenger app while pretending to be a 13-year-old called Millie.
Monks, using the names 'AnfieldGuy' and 'MikeLeon' contacted the decoy profile on April 15 this year.
As soon as the conversation began the decoy told Monks they were 13-years-old, to which he replied "I'm a bit older, where are you now, in your bedroom?".
Mr Grant said: "'Millie' told the defendant she was 13, but this didn't deter the defendant from continuing with the online conversation."
Monks sent a photo of himself and when the 'girl' also sent a picture he replied "You look cute" and asked "Are you naughty?".
Mr Grant said he asked "increasingly sexualised questions" including "You ever been naughty with a boy, played with a willy?".
He also asked what he thought was a child "You ever touched yourself below? Bet you have".
Monks sent the 'girl' two videos of him performing a sex act on himself and said "Please can I see you with your skirt lifted up and I'll show you more".
He was arrested at a builder's yard where he worked on April 17 and gave a no comment interview.
Monks has seven previous convictions and in May 2018 was jailed for two-and-a-half years for nine sexual offences including attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and attempting to incite a child in sexual activity.
Paedophile hunters said Monks had cried 'crocodile tears' when he was caught red-handed.
After breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order he was jailed again following his release for four weeks.
Jamie Baxter, defending, said Monks wanted to "do something to address his abhorrent and unjustifiable behaviour" and hoped to move to HMP Wymott near Leyland where there are "specific courses available".
Mr Baxter asked the judge to consider his guilty pleas and totality.
He said this had been the "first significant breach of the Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Monks, of Richmond Terrace, Anfield, admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity.
Judge Robert Trevor-Jones, sentencing, said Monks' sexual offences were "now becoming a very worrying trend indeed".
The judge noted Monks remains a "high risk of harm to children" and jailed him for two years and nine months.
He imposed a new Sexual Harm Prevention order for 15 years.
Monks already has to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life from a previous conviction.