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A dangerous sex offender who groomed a girl online and encouraged her to self harm has been jailed. Kai Edmundson, 18, befriended the 14-year-old on social media using platforms including Discord, WhatsApp and Telegram to reel her in. The pair never met in person, as the girl lives in Derbyshire, while Edmundson lives in Oswaldtwistle. But over a four month period from September last year, Edmundson openly referred to himself as a paedophile and sent indecent images to the schoolgirl. The predator sent her up to five indecent images of children and a link to a website where indecent images of children could be accessed. On that website were images of children as young as four. Edmundson also demanded images and video of the victim undressing and committing lewd acts o

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