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This is the moment a paedophile was caught arriving to hand a 14-year-old girl a mobile phone so she could take explicit pictures of herself for him.
Pedro Campos, 40, was in fact the target of a sting operation after he swapped messages on social media with an undercover investigator posing as a teenager.
The father of one, from Openshaw, Manchester, tried to bluff his way out of trouble by saying he wanted to give away one of his phones so he and the youngster could 'carry on chatting.'
But a live feed of the confrontation co-ordinated by the Child Online Safety Team group (COST) in which Campos produced two mobile phones went viral on Facebook.
At Manchester Crown Court he was jailed for three years after being convicted of attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
The investigation began in May 2019 after the undercover investigator created a decoy called 'Tegan.' Peter Horgan prosecuting said: 'They were in contact through social media and they engaged in messaging.
Pedro Campos, 40, was in fact the target of a sting operation by paedophile hunters
He tried to bluff his way out of trouble by saying he wanted to give away one of his phones
'Right at the start of the conversation, Tegan indicated her name and stated she was 14 and from Blyth, Northumberland. He asked her if she had previously had a boyfriend and she told him 'no' and he asked her for
