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Man jailed for messaging underage girls on Vinted

Man jailed for messaging underage girls on Vinted
Darrel Carter approached dozens of girls on Vinted in breach of his sexual risk order banning him from the site (Picture: Cumbria Police/Getty Images)

The logo of Vinted UAB on a smartphone arranged in London, UK, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Vinted, Europe's largest online marketplace for second-hand clothes, is ruling out an initial public offering for now as it focuses on expanding beyond fashion. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Carter, 34, used the shopping app to search the profiles of young girls as well as for bikinis and mid shorts (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Carter admitted to having failed to give police his username in another breach of his order conditions.

Prosecutor Diane Jackson said Carter had repeatedly breached his sexual risk order since 2023, approaching underage girls and asking them if they had boyfriends.

Carter was sentenced to 20 months in jail for making contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2023.

In November 2024, he was handed a further 27-month prison sentence for breaching a court order.

On Friday he was given another 34-week prison sentence to be served concurrently.

Ant Wilson, defending Carter, said he was ‘staying in all the time’ and that his mental health had ‘gone downhill’.

He added the sexual offender was unwilling to meet anyone who had prior knowledge of his convictions.

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