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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
David Meikle

Scots Snapchat paedophile who bombarded child with sexual messages spared jail

A pervert who was caught bombarding a 12-year-old girl with sexual messages after she told her mother has been spared jail.

Haydon van Henten, 19, began hounding the youngster after randomly adding her on Snapchat. He told the girl, who stays in Nottinghamshire, he was aged 13 before asking her to send him naked pictures of herself.

Creepy van Henten then sent a selfie which fuelled suspicion he was lying about his age. He then sent 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.

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