A pervert who discussed having babies with “a 13-year-old girl” - had been snared by online paedophile hunters.
Michael Cuthill, 59, thought he’d contacted a young girl on the dating app Badoo.
He sent sexual messages and an image of his genitals.
He even spoke about having babies together - only to discover he was messaging an adult member of an online child protection group.
Fiscal depute Sean Ambrose told Aberdeen Sheriff Court three groups had been involved in snaring Cuthill; Keeping Kids Safe, Forbidden Scotland and Hunting Online Predators Everyday (Hope).
A member of the Forbidden Scotland group created a fake profile on Badoo pretending to be a 13-year-old girl.
The account was contacted by Cuthill and the pair initially engaged in general, non-sexual chat.
Mr Ambrose said: "The accused was repeatedly advised the female was 13."
Cuthill then requested the "child's" mobile number, and the conversation moved to WhatsApp, where it became more sexual with one of Cuthill's messages reading: "I would love to have babies with you. Lol. Xxx."
He also requested a picture of her. Cuthill said: "You should send me a picture of yourself and then delete it. Xxx."
Mr Ambrose said: "The accused sent various messages about wishing to have protected sex with the decoy, despite being reminded she was 13."
Mr Ambrose said: "Conversation turned to the accused wishing to meet the decoy in person.
"Arrangements were made to meet her. The accused backed out at the last minute stating the reason of her being too young."
On February 22 2020 Forbidden Scotland shared the chat logs with Keeping Kids Safe and Hope.
The other groups went to Cuthill's door and confronted him while live streaming on Facebook and contacted the police.
He was arrested and admitted communicating with the decoy.
Cuthill of Woodside, admitted attempting to cause a child under 16 to view a sexual image. He also admitted attempting to communicate indecently with a child .
Sheriff Margaret Hodge deferred sentence for reports and made Cuthill subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act.
