Man caught by paedophile hunters


A pervert has avoided a prison sentence after he groomed what he believed was a 13 year old girl online
Jason Harris, 49 of Yeovil appeared at Taunton Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to:

Attempting to incite a girl aged 13 to engage in sexual activity.
Attempting to communicate sexually with a child.

The court was told that Harris had contacted an online profile he believed belonged to a 13 year old girl
He went on to send sexual messages and naked images of himself whith showed his clear intent of engaging the child into sexual activity
In a series of depraved messages, Harris stated that he wanted the child to move in with him, and in a perverse twist, he constantly referred to her as his daughter.
However, the child was an adult member of paedophile hunting team ‘Action Against Predators’ – who pose online as children to catch sexual predators
Harris, 47, of Givele Close, Yeovil, was found guilty of attempting to make a sexual communication with a child, and attempting to incite a girl between the age of 13-15 into sexual activity.
Harris spent the last three months on remand before admitting both charges.
The judge handed Harris a community order lasting two years, a 40 day rehabilitation course, and placed him of the sexual offenders register for five years.
He was also placed under a five year sexual harm prevention order and order to £285 in costs and victim surcharge.