Lee Burke told a profile posing as a 14-year-old girl he wanted her to be his 'secret girlfriend'.
A "devious and dangerous" sex offender who asked paedophile hunters posing as a 14-year-old girl to meet for sex has been jailed.
Burke was caught by the sting while on licence after a prison sentence for sexually abusing a young girl. He asked to meet up but said he did not want anyone to know they were messaging because he could go to prison for a long time.Burke planned to meet the girl at an ice rink in Bradford two days before Christmas, but did not show up.
Syam Soni, in mitigation, said Burke had been under pressure at work and "wasn't thinking straight" at the time of the offences.
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