Christopher John Peart breached Sexual Harm Prevention Order while on suspended sentence
A SEX offender who was spared a prison sentence after falling for online activists’ sting last summer, is now behind bars after repeating the offence.
Christopher John Peart thought he was contacting a 14-year-old girl on social media, offering her £50 for indecent photos and more to buy her silence.
Durham Crown Court heard in reality he was communicating with a member of the Child Online Safety Team who posted the decoy profile of the girl.
Peart was given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, with an order to attend 30 rehabilitation sessions overseen by the Probation Service, when he appeared at the court for sentence, on August 25.