No jail for man who sent 'depraved' sexually explicit messages to teenage girl

The “appalling messages” had emerged during a separate investigation into the defilement of the victim by a different person

Judge Martin Nolan said that the content of the texts sent to the teenage girl was depraved and that the man, who was effectively her step-grandfather, should be ashamed of himself. File picture

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A man who sent “depraved” sexually explicit messages to his son’s partner’s daughter has received a fully suspended prison sentence.