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Joshua Smith began an online relationship with the underage victim

An Amazon worker from Nottinghamshire began an online relationship with a vulnerable underage girl who sent him sexually explicit photographs of herself. Nottingham Crown Court heard how, during their conversations, Joshua Smith threatened to rape the teenager and come to her house.

The 25-year-old also Facetimed the girl, asking her to lift her top up and stand up to show him her bottom while he touched himself in his car. His behaviour was uncovered when the girls' father found messages on her phone and contacted the police .

Handing him a 16-month jail term, suspended for two years, Recorder Balraj Bhatia KC said: “You knew she was 14, you knew she was vulnerable and particularly vulnerable because she tol

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