'High risk' - South Shields pervert talked to kids on TikTok and shared sexual photo
A South Shields TikTok pervert shared an image of his penis on Snapchat and talked to kids on social media app.
A pervert who chatted with kids on TikTok and sent a picture of his privates to a Snapchat group has been put behind bars.
Former forklift driver Dean Moore is banned from having contact with children due to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order made in April 2023, when he was jailed for having abuse images.
Newcastle Crown Court heard police went to his home in February this year after receiving a tip-off about his behaviour on social media.
Moore initially said he had "nothing to tell" but later said there might be "one or two" things on his phones, which were then seized and examined by the police.
The court heard one of the devices contained a category B child abuse image, had over 7,000 deleted web searches and a TikTok app installed.
The second contained a Snapchat app and another 7,000 deleted web searches.
Sent explicit pic on Snapchat
When questioned after the evidence had been gathered from the phones, Moore admitted he had sent a picture of his penis in a chat on Snapchat.
Prosecutor Gurjot Kaur said: "He confirmed he had created a TikTok account and had spoken to children under 18 on there. He said he hadn't asked their age but could tell from their profiles they were under 18."
Moore, 31, of Cook Close, Simonside, South Shields, denied communicating sexually with the children on TikTok.
‘High risk to children’
He pleaded guilty to intentionally sending a photograph of genitals, making an indecent photograph of a child and four breaches of a sexual harm prevention order.
Judge Carolyn Scott said Moore poses a "high risk to children" and jailed him for two years.
John Wilkinson, defending, said Moore, who has been out of work for over three years, would co-operate if given another chance.