Suspended sentence: Wigan pervert who tried to engage in sex chats with schoolboy

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.

He must sign on the Sex Offenders' Registers for the same period.