A married father was snared by paedophile hunters after he turned up to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old virgin for sex.

Saber Ali, 45 from Sunderland, thought he had been talking to an underage schoolgirl on the Scout social media app.

He bombarded her with explicit messages and even sent her an explicit photo before asking: 'Can I come to your home for sex?'

In the footage, you can see him begging to be let go, promising never to visit the area again.

He has now been jailed for 15 months with a five year sexual harm prevention order and ten years on the sex offenders register.

Newcastle Crown Court heard that despite being repeatedly told he was talking to an inexperienced schoolgirl, the 45-year-old described in shocking detail what he would like to do to her.

When Ali asked her to send a naked image of herself, she refused.

He then told her: 'I'm your BF (boyfriend) now.'

The girl said she was a virgin and Ali sickeningly warned 'it is going to be really painful for you'.

But he promised her she would 'enjoy' having sex with him.

The court heard within seven hours of making contact with the child on July 26 last year, Ali turned up at Chapman Street in Sunderland to meet her but was confronted by Guardians of the North.

Saber Ali was arrested after being snared by paedophile hunters when he turned up to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl

The organisation's members pose as children online to snare perverts and had set up the Scout profile under a fake name.

Ali was arrested by police, who had been previously alerted by the group.

He claimed he had no bad intentions and had planned to tell the girl to 'go home'.

He later pleaded guilty to attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming.

The married father bombarded the girl with messages on social media and even sent an explicit photo

Judge Penny Moreland sentenced him to 15 months behind bars with a five year sexual harm prevention order and ten years on the sex offenders register.

The judge told him: 'That person told you they were in fact 14. That was at 3.45 that afternoon.

'By 5pm you were asking that 14-year-old for a naked picture of herself, you were asking to perform oral sex and full sexual intercourse on that girl.

'By 7pm you were asking to go to her house for sex

'You arranged to meet at 10pm.

'I am quite satisfied that what you had in mind that night was to have sexual

intercourse with a 14-year-old girl.'

Judge Moreland rejected Ali's defence team requests for the jail term to be suspended.

The judge said: 'In my view, an immediate custodial sentence is the only appropriate sentence for someone who arranges to have sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl.'

Lee Fish, defending, said Ali has never been in trouble before and has struggled to understand his own behaviour that day.

Pictured is the string of texts between Ali and the supposed 14-year-old virgin he thought he was meeting

The girl, a fake profile run by Guardians of the North, repeatedly said she was underage but Ali didn't mind

Mr Fish said Ali is deeply ashamed of his behaviour and regrets the shame he has brought upon himself and also his family, who he works hard to support.

The court heard Ali has a job and is also a student studying business management.

Mr Fish added: 'He has repeatedly requested I assure the court this is an isolated incident.

'He cannot understand fully quite what a man of his age, with his background, was doing in engaging in conversations of this nature.'