A man who sent sexual messages to accounts he believed belonged to underage girls has appeared in court again.

Last year 22-year-old Bradley Wheddon sent messages to what he believed were two underage girls.

He asked each ‘girl’ to send him sexually explicit photos and encouraged them to engage in sexually explicit conversations, court documents show.

However, the 'young girls’ he messaged were actually decoy accounts which are used to catch sex offenders.

These offences were committed while Wheddon lived in Birmingham and the local magistrates' court gave him a community order including 250 hours of unpaid work.

Wheddon, who now lives on Heathwood Gardens in Charlton, appeared at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday August 16 after he failed to comply with the requirements of that community order.

A warrant for his arrest was authorised when officers could not locate him and Wheddon was arrested and spent a night in police cells, court documents show.

When he appeared at Bexley Magistrates’ Court Wheddon admitted to breaching the community order.

Sentencing him, magistrates revoked his previous community order and made a new order under the same terms.

This includes 43 days on an accredited programme, 45 days of rehabilitation activity and 250 hours of unpaid work.

The order will last until August 2025.