A perverted delivery driver who planned a 200-mile journey to have sex with a '12-year-old girl' in Coventry has been spared jail. Darron Wilkinson sent multiple messages to what turned out to be an undercover police officer, ending many when discussing graphic acts with the text abbreviation for 'laughing out loud.'

After sending a series of explicit messages, Wilkinson then said he would drive from his home in County Durham to Coventry to meet the young girl, reports ChronicleLive. But the 50-year-old claimed it was just 'fantasy' and that he actually went to Blackpool with his then-partner that weekend.

In July 2024, the undercover police officer set up a profile on the Chatiw social networking site purporting to be a 12-year-old girl, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Wilkinson contac

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