article_snippet: You exchanged messages that were plainly, openly and explicitly sexual. '
article_snippet: You made references to bed, sex, intercourse, tying up and 'banging'. '
article_snippet: The sexual nature of these messages is unmistakable. '
article_snippet: The messages soon spread onto social media sites, including Instagram and Facebook, where the exchanges became sexual in nature as A judge begged the girls to share intimate pictures.
article_snippet: On one occasion A judge even exposed A judge to the girlswhilst chatting to the girls on FaceTime as the girls sat in the girls nightwear.
article_snippet: Allan Compton, prosecuting, said: 'Police went through some of the Facebook messages to one girl which did contain significant sexual content. '
article_snippet: The messages described fantasies about being tied up, strip tease, as well as fantasies about having a threesome.'
article_snippet: Allan Compton added: 'The aggravating features of this offending include the use of grooming behaviour and the soliciting of sexual images from the girls. '
article_snippet: It would appear that arrangements had been put in place to escalate to full sexual activity but, thankfully, it did not.'