Man sent sexually explicit material to a person he thought was a schoolgirl

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A man sent naked images of himself to a member of a vigilante group pretending to be a 14-year-old girl.Graham Bell was then filmed as an angry crowd confronted him at his workplace.The 25-year-old, of Kypeside Place in Strathaven, was placed on the sex offenders’ register when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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More news from Lanarkshire “They phoned the police and said they had detained him and a crowd had gathered.“This was livestreamed on Facebook which showed him effectively being interviewed about sending the images.“Police arrived shortly after and he was arrested.”Sheriff John Hamilton deferred sentence on Bell, who has no previous convictions, until next month for background reports.