Locations
Granville Street, Birmingham, B1
Description
A paedophile has avoided jail after asking a '13-year-old girl' for sex on Snapchat.
Amjad Alshameri was caught out because he was in fact messaging an undercover police officer.
The 39-year-old also asked the fake profile if she 'liked muscles' and if she was a 'naughty girl'.
Alshameri, of Granville Street in Birmingham city centre, admitted one charge of attempting sexual communication with a child.
He was sentenced to an 18-month community order at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, July 11 with 30 days rehabilitation activity and 100 hours of unpaid work.
An undercover officer had created a Snapchat account for a non-existent 13-year-old girl named 'Liv', which included age-appropriate pictures.
Alshameri, calling himself 'Mo.Million07', contacted the profile on April 15 this year.
Will Dudley, prosecuting, said: "The defendant asked Liv how old she was.
"She tells him she is 13 and he asks whether she likes older guys.
"He asked what she looked like and the defendant invited her to send him a photograph to which he responds telling her she looks 'cute and pretty'.
"He asked whether she likes muscles after sending a photograph of himself in the gym.
"The defendant tells Liv he thinks she can be a 'naughty girl'.
"He asks whether she has a boyfriend and whether she is ready for dating.
"He asked about her previous boyfriend and what she did with her previous boyfriend."
Mr Dudley continued: "He asked if she thought it was nice to be naughty sometimes.
"He asked if she was ready for sex, whether she was going to be a naughty girl and whether she wanted to try sex.
"He asked her with whom and whether it might be with him."
Police linked Alshameri's mobile number to the Snapchat account.
Judge Peter Carr confirmed he was going to follow probation's recommendation for a community order, negating the need for the defendant's barrister to make any mitigating comments.
He told him: "The offence is serious and has a starting point of imprisonment. However I have had the benefit of reading a pre-sentence report on you.
"I can tell you I am not going to send you to prison."
Alshameri was also made the subject of a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and sex offender notification requirements.