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A paedophile who groomed and sent explicit images and texts to someone posing as an underage girl has been sentenced.
Mohammed Younis, from Derby, began messaging who he thought was a 14-year-old girl in March, but he was actually contacting a self-styled paedophile hunter who modified their own profile picture to appear much younger.
Younis was arrested by police after being reported by the social media vigilante, and police proved his identity after comparing his Facebook cover photo - a picture of his HMP Nottingham ID card - with his records.
His barrister said that he clearly needed help.
37-year-old Younis offered to “teach” and “train” the pretend teenager how to become “good at sex” while saying that “it would be OK if nobody knows” and encouraging her not to tell her mother, according to prosecutors.
He also groomed the young girl by offering to buy her jewellery and chocolates.
Mark Achurch, prosecuting, told Derby Crown Court on Wednesday, August 11, how Younis said to the ‘girl’ that he wanted to marry her, have a baby with her and create a pornographic film with her.
The court also heard how the defendant committed the offences while on licence after being released from prison following a previous conviction for unrelated offences.
He is also awaiting trial for exposing himself to a prison officer while in custody in Nottingham.
He was sentenced to four years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to three counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, and two counts of attempting to cause a child to look at an image of sexual activity.
Recorder Balraj Bhattia said: “You genuinely believed that you were liaising with a girl that you knew was 14 years of age.
“The nature of the conversations that you had with her were explicit and I have no doubt that you believed or intended to carry out these assertions made by you.
“You encouraged her, or incited her, to perform oral sex on you, to have sexual intercourse with you, telling her that although it may be painful to start off with she would get used to it.
“I take the view that this is a serious example of that type of offending.”
Steven Gosnell, defending Younis, admitted that “there is clearly grooming here” and that the defendant “says this part of his life was chaotic to say the least”.
“He does not excuse what he did in any way,” Mr Gosnell said.
“He is clearly someone that wants help, he is clearly someone who needs help.”