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)

A sexual offender has been sentenced after telling young women online ‘how beautiful they were’.

Darrel Carter, 34, breached his sexual risk order after contacting dozens of women and girls online and attempted to flatter them with compliments, a court heard.

He also searched for bikinis and mid shorts on popular second-hand shopping platform Vinted, prosecutors said.

Carter had been banned from contacting any girls under 18 as well as restrictions on his online activity following a court order in 2020.

Carlisle Magistrates Court heard he had since not complied with the order, instead browsing the profiles of dozens of young women and sending them messages, the

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