A paedophile who believed he had arranged to see a 14-year-old boy he had met on a dating app has been jailed after being snared by vigilantes.

Neil Prior, 35, was arrested by police after vigilante group The Hunted One caught him in a sting operation in Maidstone, Kent.

He was filmed admitting that he was waiting for the fictional schoolboy called Sam outside the McDonald's drive-thru.

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Neil Prior, 35, was arrested by police after vigilante group The Hunted One caught him in a sting operation in Maidstone, Kent. He believed he had arranged to meet a 14-year-old boy

Prior has been sentenced to a year in jail at Maidstone Crown Court.

Chat logs show the 35-year-old, who was fully aware how old the boy was, using sexual language and setting up the meeting.

In one of the messages, he wrote: 'I could tech you [s]tuff u only dream' (sic)'.

In the footage recorded by The Hunter One, Prior claimed initially that he did not know the fictional schoolboy called Sam.

However, after further questioning, he admitted he was there to meet with the boy and had been grooming him for two months, arranging to see him on ten previous occasions.

Prior said: 'I had no intention of ever sleeping with him, I said we would go as far as he wanted to but it would never have gone that far.'

He was filmed admitting that he was waiting for the fictional schoolboy called Sam outside the McDonald's drive-thru

In the video, Prior also confessed to grooming the boy for two months. He has been sentenced to a year in jail at Maidstone Crown Court

Chat logs show the 35-year-old, who was fully aware how old the boy was, using sexual language and setting up the meeting. In one of the messages (right), he wrote: 'I could tech you [s]tuff u only dream' (sic)'

However, when asked if he would have engaged with oral sex with the boy, he replied: 'Maybe'.

He went on to say he 'just wanted to be a friend' to the boy and had 'never slept with any kids'.

The person filming the video can then be heard informing him what he wanted to do could be classed as rape, showing him the message where he said he could teach the boy things 'he could only dream'.

Prior was later arrested and charged with arranging a meeting which would involve the commission of a sexual offence.

He has been handed a sexual harm prevention order and will remain on the Sex Offenders' Register for ten years.