Kyrel Yallop was just 16 when he started exchanging messages with a 12-year-old girl on Snapchat.

Norwich Crown Court heard Yallop, now 20, was "emphatically aware of her age" but continued to message her and "put pressure on her to meet him".

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)

Emily Dummett, prosecuting, said Yallop would tell the girl - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - in messages "to get in the bath".

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