Paul Barrett has been jailed for two years after failing to convince a jury that he thought that the account he was speaking to was an adult role playing' one.
Barrett, who was 40-years-old at the time of the offence, used an online chat room to speak with a profile called 'Sasha' between January and February 2019, Bolton Crown Court heard.
Despite the account telling Barrett that she was 13-years-old and in school, he turned the conversation sexual.
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