Suspended sentence: Wigan pervert who tried to engage in sex chats with schoolboy
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A Wigan man who admitted trying to engage in sexual communication with a child has narrowly avoided an immediate spell behind bars.
Andrew Hunter, 31, of Park Road, had been accused of having tried to contact a boy under 16 between February 23 and March 6 last year.
Appearing before a Bolton Crown Court judge for sentencing he was given a six-month custodial sentence but it was suspended for 24 months.
Hunter must also complete 30 days of rehabilitation activities, undergo a three-month curfew confining him to home from 8pm to 6am and be the subject of a seven-year sexuial harm prevention order.