Craig Edgeler admitted sending sexual messages and images between September and October last year.
A Lanarkshire trucker was caught sending vile messages in a paedophile hunter sting just five months after being released from prison for similar offences.
He sent a string of depraved messages before sending the female decoy explicit images. Further messaging led to Edgeler asking to meet at his home and a supermarket. Depute fiscal Jennifer Cunningham said: "The witness, as part of her role as a volunteer for the online child protection vigilante group Shatter The Silence, created an online 'decoy' profile on the dating website application Jaumo and named herself Darcy, a 12-year-old female. On the September 7, 2021 the online profile Darcy was contacted by the user of another profile in the name of 'Craig31' and the accused sent a message.
"At the police station, he became highly emotional and was crying and freely stated 'I've been an idiot' and when asked to explain replied 'well I've got a phone'. The accused made reference to his belief that he was messaging a child and had also used WhatsApp to message the decoy and advised officers where they could find the device within his home address."
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