He was never prosecuted for having any relationship with her, however, because he maintained that he thought she was sixteen and the girl herself did not assist the police with the case against him.
He was arrested in Gloucester on February 18, 2018 and his phone and iPad were seized, said Mr Nelson.
On them a number of indecent images of the girl were found - 58 Category A pictures and 8 videos (the most serious kind) and 32 Category C stills and three videos.
The police also found evidence of his conversations with other chatroom users about the sexual abuse of young children, said the prosecutor.
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