A pervert who bombarded a 12-year-old girl with sexual messages on Snapchat is facing jail.
Haydon van Henten began hounding the youngster with explicit messages after randomly adding her on Snapchat via account 'Jameoconnor3820'.
He told the girl he was just 13 years old before asking her to send him naked pictures of herself.
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Creepy van Henten then sent a selfie of himself which fuelled suspicion he was lying about his age.
The 19-year-old also sent the girl X-rated messages such as 'if you were in my room, I want to s**g, you' and 'I wish you were in my room so we can Netflix and chill' - slang for sexual activity.
The youngster ignored him, but he continued to send her depraved messages before she revealed to her horrified mother what was happening online.
Her mother then spoke to van Henten before calling in police and an investigation was launched which led detectives to to his home in East Kilbride where the predator revealed he had deleted incriminating material.
Van Henten told them: "I've done stupid things in the past. I deleted messages and photos before you came. They images were all on my phone. I deleted six Snapchat accounts including Jamie O'Connor. I've been stupid, I've f****d up."
A search of his Samsung Galaxy phone later found he had 16 images showing sickening abuse of children.
First offender van Henten appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted sending sexual communication to the girl and taking indecent photos of children between January and June last year.
Depute fiscal Alice Carey said: "The complainer was contacted via Snapchat by an account in the name of Jameoconnor3820.
"Early in the conversation the girl advised she was 12 years of age with Jameoconnor3820 replying that he was a 13-year-old boy.
"As the conversation developed, the account Jameoconnor3820 asked the complainer to exchange photographs, requesting naked pictures to which she refused.
"During the conversation Jameoconnor3820 sent a photograph of half his face and a bedroom in the background.
"The complainer believed that the person who sent the photograph to be older than 13 years of age.
"She felt scared and uncomfortable with the messages she received and began to ignore the account."
The prosecutor added: "Her mother contacted the police and provided screenshots of the conversation to the police.
"A subscriber check confirmed the user of said Snapchat account email address and IP address belonged to the accused."
Jackson Bateman, defending, said: "I have advised him that all options are open to the court."
Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen deferred sentence on van Henten until next month for reports and continued bail.
Van Henten was placed on the sex offenders' register.
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