A pervert who was caught bombarding a 12-year-old girl with sexual messages after she told her mother has been spared jail.
Haydon van Henten, 19, began hounding the youngster after randomly adding her on Snapchat. He told the girl, who stays in Nottinghamshire, he was aged 13 before asking her to send him naked pictures of herself.
Creepy van Henten then sent a selfie which fuelled suspicion he was lying about his age. He then sent X-rated messages such as 'if you were in my room, I want to s**g, you' and 'I wish you were in my room so we can Netflix and chill' - slang for sexual activity.The youngster ignored him but later revealed to her horrified mother what was happening online.
The woman confronted van Henten before calling in police which led detectives to his home in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.First offender van Henten appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted sending sexual communications to the girl and taking indecent photos of children between January and June last year.Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen ordered him to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work and placed him under supervision for two years.
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