Pervert who sent lewd pics to ‘underage girls’ snared by paedo hunter
Michael List admitted getting a ‘sexual kick’ out of sending the perverted snaps
A PERVERT who got a "sexual kick" from sending pictures of his private parts to underage ladies online has been snared by paedophile hunters.
Michael List admitted sending "hundreds" of explicit pictures and graphic messages to two youthful teenagers while his live-in gf was out at work.
He confessed he engaged in the behaviour for a "sexual kick" after meeting chicks on the networking site Skout.
But he was unaware he had actually been caught in a trap by members of Dark Justice – an anonymous group which targets boys who want to engage in hookup talk or acts with underage damsels.
Newcastle Crown Court heard List very first commenced talking to who he thought was a 13-year-old doll called Sara in June last year.
List gave the chick, who told him her youthfull age, his phone number so they could engage in explicit talk via Whatsapp.
About a month later, he began sending sexual messages to another dame he met over Skout, who claimed to be called Stacey and told him she was 15.
She had the same profile picture as "Sara".
When "Stacey" agreed to a meeting with List and claimed to be on her way, he backed out of the arrangement and said "he thought it was best if they did
Dark Justice passed the talk logs they had been having with List over to the police and he was arrested.
Despite pleading guilty to attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, the 41-year-old, of Chester Le Street, escaped jail.
Judge Penny Moreland instead gave him a suspended sentence because he had switched his mind about meeting the youthfull lady.
Prosecutor Anne Richardson told the court: "He said he had arranged to meet the woman but then determined against it as he had a playmate and did not indeed want to meet someone else.
"He denied ever having met any of the people with whom he chatted over the Internet for lovemaking.