Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A predator posing as a teenage boy was exposed by his victim when she used a trick she'd learned on the TV show Catfish.
Daniel Diprose, 32, pretended to be a young musician in order to spark a three-year online relationship with the 13-year-old girl.
Over the course of their exchanges, Diprose coerced his victim into sending hundreds of nude photos and indecent videos, Lancs Live reports. READ MORE: Girl, 17, raped while walking dog in Manchester park The young girl believed Diprose was her boyfriend, and the pair exchanged thousands of messages in chats spanning years.
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