pervert was snared by police after attempting to engage in sexual conversations with who he thought was a schoolgirl. "Divorced dad" Martin Tunney believed he was chatting online to 12-year-old 'Emma' on social media platforms Snapchat and Fast Flirting.
Unbeknown to the 49-year-old, he was actually communicating with an undercover police officer, Teesside Live reports. Tunney from Stockton sent a number of explicit messages to the decoy profile but told officers he was "pretending" when he was caught out.
Last month Tunney plead guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child at Teesside Magistrates' Court.
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