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A sex offender was warned he is a "marked man" after breaching a court order aimed at controlling his deviant behaviour on Valentine's Day.

Paul Carmon was made subject to a community order for an attempted child sex offence in 2018. As a result of that he was made subject to sex offender registration with one of the requirements being he was not to use pseudonyms.

But on February 14 this year, he used the names Paul Nook and Paul Smith while talking online to what appeared to be a 12-year-old girl but was actually a decoy profile being run by a law enforcement officer. The conversation took place on Chat Avenue and Snapchat.

Carmon, 43, of Wynyard Drive, Bedlington, Northumberland, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with notification requirements by using the aliases but there was no suggestion he had communicated sexually with the profile. Recorder Tony Hawks, at Newcastle Crown Court, said: "He is doing his best to get locked up."

The judge sentenced him to six months suspended for two years with rehabilitation and he must sign the sex offenders register for seven years. Recorder Hawks told him: "You have a serious problem. Unless you address it, it's going to end up with you going to prison, do you understand?

"I've read a report about you that says you did well on your community order but the fundamental purpose of that order was to stop you trying to communicate with underage girls. You have done it again.

"You are a marked man Mr Carmon, do you understand that? You are not going to get away with doing it so you are going to have to sit down with the professionals and work out some strategy to stop doing this, unless you want to go to prison.

"I'm not going to tell you how to live your life but the next time this happens it's bound to be immediate custody."

Vic Laffey, defending, said: "He is an intelligent man and has acted a bit recklessly."