A married father-of-three turned up to meet someone he believed was an 'innocent, vulnerable' 14 year-old girl he had incited to engage in sexual activity, a court heard.
But Zaheer Khan, a 53-year-old with no previous convictions, was caught out as it was a decoy posing as a fictitious teenager called 'Emma' he had been exchanging messages with online, a judge was told.
Khan, who admitted two charges he faced, has now been jailed for what the judge called 'a persistent attempt to incite this person to engage in penetrative sexual intercourse'.
One message he sent her, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court was told, suggested they 'hold hands and kiss', before he went on to suggest they have sex.
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