Newcastle crown court heard he contacted a teenager called Tom on Gay Chat – but in fact the fake profile had been set up by the vigilante group.

Minutes later Orr, who claimed to be 43, began communicating with the boy on the Kik app and sent him explicit pictures of himself in underwear and performing a sex act.

He tried to persuade the youngster to “send a xxx pic back” even after he said he was only 15.

Dad of three Orr was given a suspended jail sentence after he admitted attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.

When he was confronted on camera by a man introducing himself as part of Dark Justice, Orr said “Are you f***” and sped off, the court heard.

Dark Justice passed his number plate to Northumbria Police, and colleagues in Essex arrested him hours later as he drove to Stansted