A pervert was snared by paedophile hunters for a second time after messaging someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl just days after being released from prison. Matthew Hodgkiss, 48, was jailed in July 2021 after asking who be believed was a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures.

He was ordered to sign the sex offenders register and abide by a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years. But, in 2023, he was put back behind bars for breaching the order by failing to inform police of a new online username.

On Monday, he was hauled back to Teesside Crown Court after admitting to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and two further breaches of the sexual harm prevention order. The Middlesbrough court heard that in May Hodgkiss was released from prison and on May 16

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