Loner paedophile thought he was telling a girl, 14, she'd look 'sexy in a swimming costume'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A convicted sex offender has been jailed after a sting by a paedophile hunter group posing as a child. Giles Cockett, of Dick Lane, Bradford, had been given a five-year community order, which included a sex offender treatment programme, back in 2018.

But in August last year he started communicating with a decoy profile who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. Socially-isolated Cockett, 39, talked online with the decoy over a six-day period and tried to incite the 'child' to perform sexual acts.

At one point he told her she would look sexy in a swimming costume and sent her an indecent photo of himself, YorkshireLive reports.

Bradford Crown Court heard on Friday that the messaging was reported to the police and Cockett - who has autism - was arrested at his home.