This is Exeter --POLICE trapped a sex fiend after a policewoman set up a Facebook account posing as a teenage schoolgirl.
They snared pervert Tony Bradbury, from Exeter, who immediately took the bait and engaged in sexualised conversations with the "girl" called Holly James.
A court heard Bradbury, 41, told her he wanted to "take off her clothes and give her a massage".
He later arranged to meet the girl at Exeter's main railway station and when he got there police arrested him.
They searched his home and found indecent images of seven different girls and hundreds of other pornographic images.
On his digital camera they found photos of a 15-year-old girl posing in underwear and exposing her breasts and private parts.
Bradbury, from Exeter, asked girls on social networking sites to send him sexy photos of themselves showing off their breasts and asked one girl to strip and perform sex acts on herself, said prosecutor Edward Hetherington.
He admitted 22 sex-related charges, including sexual activity with a child, possessing and distributing indecent images, and inciting pornography.
Bradbury, who has no previous convictions, also admitted attempting to meet a 13-year-old for sex after grooming her on the internet.
Exeter Crown Court heard that Bradbury had become known to the police, who launched a covert operation to snare him.
Judge Erik Salomonsen said he needed to know "what lies behind his sexual offending" before he could sentence him.
"He had a 15-year-old naked in his bedroom," he said.
"He had sexual activity on more than one occasion with a child. It is a course of conduct which gives me real cause for concern over harm in the future.
"He came to the attention of the police. The police were aware of his activities before that operation with Holly James was in place. The police rightly have considerable concerns about him."
The judge ordered a probation report and remanded Bradbury in custody until he is sentenced at a later date. Reported by This is 5 hours ago.