A paedophile was caught in an online police sting.

Graham Bain, 32, struck up a sexually-charged conversation on a dating website with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

However, Bain, whose messages included a lewd video, later learned he had been communicating with an officer.

After his arrest, police discovered indecent images of children on his mobile phone, including two films classed in category A - the most serious.

Bain appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today having previously admitted eight offences, committed early last year. These were four counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and four charges relating to the indecent images, one which is said to have involved a child aged six to eight-years-old.

After hearing mitigation, Judge Peter Davies suspended a 24-month jail term for two years.

Bain, previously of Raiselands Croft, Penrith, and now of Whitehaven, was ordered to complete a rehabilitation requirement and a three-month night-time curfew.

He must also abide by the terms of a sexual harm prevention order for a decade, and sign the sex offenders' register for seven years.