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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Andrew Bardsley

'Bored' plumber who sent 'girl' picture of his penis and vile video stung by undercover police

A 'bored' plumber sent a 'girl' a picture of his penis and a vile video as he waited in his van before a job. Paul Roche was stung by an undercover police operation as an officer posed online as a 12-year-old girl.

Roche, 46, received a friend request on Snapchat from the officer, posing as a girl called Hollie. At first he thought it was a friend playing a trick on him, Manchester Crown Court heard.

But the chat quickly turned sexual, despite the 'girl' making it clear she was only 12. Roche, from Salford, asked Hollie for pictures and told her he was 'always horny'.

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