Nicholas Jackson was arrested at his workplace in Wakefield after the mum pretended to be her daughter and tricked him into sending her his mobile phone number.<\/p>\n
The woman was able to use the number to find Jackson's Facebook account to reveal his true identity.<\/p>\n
The sex offender was then found in possession of indecent images of children on his mobile phone.<\/p>\n
Leeds Crown Court heard the girl's mum became concerned for her daughter's safety in October last after reading messages on her Instagram page from an account called 'Loose Hill Nick'<\/p>\n
Michael Collins, prosecuting, said the defendant sent the girl messages describing her as \"fit\" and asked \"how far she would go.\"<\/p>\n
The woman replied to Jackson pretending to be her daughter and discussed meeting him in Wakefield.<\/p>\n
Jackson sent his mobile number and a message asking her to delete their conversation.<\/p>\n
Mr Collins said the woman was then able to use the number to find Jackson on Facebook.<\/p>\n
Jackson had his iPhone seized when he was arrested and taken to a police station.<\/p>\n
He refused to tell officers his PIN number for the device.<\/p>\n
The phone was later found to contain over 1,000 indecent images of children.<\/p>\n
A total of 436 images were at category A - the most serious level of offending.<\/p>\n
Some images featured children as young a two being sexually abused.<\/p>\n
Jackson, of Linton Road, Eastmoor, Wakefield, pleaded guilty to three offences of making an indecent image of a child and three offences of breach of a sexual harm prevention order.<\/p>\n
Jackson was made the subject of the sexual harm prevention order in 2016 when he was convicted of making indecent images of children.<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old also has previous convictions for drugs offences, criminal damage and breaching court orders.<\/p>\n
Christopher Morton, mitigating, said Jackson committed the offences when he was suffering from depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n
Mr Morton said Jackson was an internationally-renowned mountaineer and rock climber.<\/p>\n
Jackson was jailed for three years and four months.<\/p>\n
Describing the indecent child images, Judge Rodney Jameson QC said: \"They are not victimless crimes.<\/p>\n
\"Real children are raped in order to produce material of this type.\"<\/p>\n
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