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Whickham pervert thought he was having sex chat with child but it was his wife's hairdresser

A pervert who thought he was having a sex chat with a child was actually talking to his wife's hairdresser working as an undercover paedophile hunter.

Jacob Smith made contact with a 14-year-old girl's profile on the Grindr app in September 2019 and discussed sex in "explicit" detail.

The married dad, 39, who used the moniker "4trans" said he wanted to take the child's virginity and encouraged her to truant from school.

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