Paedophile support worker for vulnerable people who bombarded '13-year-old' with sex videos avoids prison

Paedophile Jack William Scott made contact with the girl - named 'Gabby' on message app, Kik, in September last year - that turned out to be an undercover police officer, Leeds Crown Court was told.

Prosecutor John Hobley said that 27-year-old Scott had been told by the decoy profile that she was only 13, and made references to being at school, but Scott began making sexual comments, including saying he wanted to "strip her and play with her".

Over the coming weeks he sent 10 videos showing him performing a sex act, and continued to send them even when 'Gabby' told him she did not like them.

He continued asking sexual questions over Kik and Snapchat and told her he wanted to be her boyfriend.

Police traced Scott to an IP address in the Castleford area. His mobile phone was seized and deleted messages were recovered from Kik.