Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A convicted paedophile has been jailed after being caught by vigilante hunters and said 'only death will cure' his sexual interest in children.Alan Cherry, 64, of Rainhill, Merseyside, was confronted outside his home and has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison.The court heard that the sexagenarian confessed to sending sexual messages to two ‘girls’ he thought were aged 12 and 13, Liverpool Echo reports.
He said: "I have a problem, there is no cure for me. The only way I can be cured is if I'm not alive." Cherry has twice previously been convicted of sexual offences and last year was jailed for eight months.
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