Man sending messages
A TEENAGER who questioned a 14-year-old about her underwear after meeting her on social media has been sentenced in court.
Curtis Brooks was aged 18 when he engaged the schoolgirl in sexual conversations.
He has now been placed on the sex offenders’ register and sentenced to do 120 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty, at Bolton Crown Court, to sexual communication with a child.
Judge Graeme Smith heard how the girl was aged 12 when she first encountered Brooks, now aged 21, by accidentally sending him a friend request on social media.
The court was told that Brooks was aware that the girl was at school, but she had claimed she was 14, and the pair messaged each other up to four times a week.