Locations
Phoenix Court, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61
Description
A pervert is facing jail after sending naked photos of himself to a 'young girl' and asking for them in return.
Logan Thew thought he was messaging a 13-year-old child but she was actually a decoy, which had been created by online vigilante group DANK Dragon.
Despite knowing her age, Thew sent her naked pictures of himself, asked for some of her and told her he wanted to have sex with her, a court heard. However, his details were passed to the police and Thew, of Phoenix Court, in Morpeth, found himself being arrested for attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
He pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared at South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court this week. Prosecutor, Rehana Haque, said the case should be sent to the crown court for sentence.
She added: "The defendant messaged a decoy from DANK Dragon, who pretended to be a 13-year-old girl. Knowing the age of the decoy, the defendant asked for nude pictures of her, sent nude pictures of himself and said he would like to have sex with her."
Glenn Reardon, defending, said full mitigation would be heard at a later date. He added: "I would invite you to commit this for sentence as, I agree, it would be outside of your sentencing powers."
Magistrates committed the case to Newcastle Crown Court for sentence and released Thew on bail to next appear there on July 4.