Kevin Bell leaving South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court, Northumberland (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)

A pervert sent a photo of genitals to who he thought was a 14-year-old boy but was actually a decoy in an undercover police sting. Kevin Bell befriended and chatted to a 'teenage schoolboy' on Snapchat and his messages soon became sexual.

However, the 37-year-old hadn't realised he was actually communicating with an undercover police officer and sent him a picture of a penis, a court heard. Bell, of Rosalind Street, in Ashington, then stopped messaging the "child" but the damage had already been done and he was arrested.

Now, Bell faces a possible prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child during a hearing at South E

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