Kevin Woodhouse began communicating online with a teen who he thought was 14 years old, Norwich Crown Court heard.

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)

Chris Youell, prosecuting, said the child, who was in fact an adult member of an online child abuse activist group, made it known to him she was a 14-year-old girl.

Mr Youell said Woodhouse, who did not hide his age, engaged in "sexualised chat" with the victim online before the conversations moved to WhatsApp.

Woodhouse asked her "if she had any boobs yet" and whether she wanted "to be rude with me". He also said they "could do sexy things together" and sent her a picture of his genitals.

He also asked if he could see her body and made arrangements to try and meet the girl, Mr Youell added.

Woodhouse agreed to meet the girl outside a hotel on Great Yarmouth's seafront, but when he did the "paedophile hunter group were........

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