By William Cole For Mailonline
Published: 19:26 GMT, 7 March 2019 | Updated: 19:26 GMT, 7 March 2019
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Richard Grattige (pictured), 48, who is also known as Vicky Green, has been jailed after attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl
A cross-dressing pervert who was tricked into travelling more than 400 miles across the UK in a vigilante sting has been jailed for two years.
Richard Grattige, 48, who is also known as Vicky Green, believed he was in contact with a 14-year-old girl after talking to her on WhatsApp.
He travelled from Maidstone, Kent, to Glasgow after arranging to meet but he was confronted by vigilantes who recorded him confessing his plans before handing him over to police.
A video uploaded to the internet shows Green admitting he planned to meet an underage girl and pleading to be allowed to return home in September last year.
Grattige, who is undergoing hormone treatment for a sex change, appeared at Airdrie Sheriff Court and admitted communicating indecently and intending to have sex with an underage girl.
He has been jailed by Sheriff Frank Pieri who also placed him under supervision for a year after he is released.
Prosecuting, Depute fiscal Agnes Meek said Grattige was confronted by members of a group called Wolf Pack
