A 13-year-old Fife girl was targeted by a man who used a fake social media profile and asked her to send him naked photographs of herself.
The girl refused at first to send the pictures but Kyle Shaw, acting under a false name and pretending to be 14, told her it was a normal thing to do.
Shaw, 20, of Hatton Green, Glenrothes, admitted on various occasions between December 14 2014 and February 8 2015 he intentionally sent a sexual written communication to a girl aged 13 and intentionally caused her to look at a sexual image by sending her pictures of naked males.
He further admitted that between December 20 2014 and May 10 2015 he was in possession of indecent images of a child.
Depute fiscal Azrah Yousaf said Shaw set up a false Facebook profile and sent a friend request to the girl which was accepted.
The girl told him she was 13 and Shaw, under his false name, claimed to be 14.
Their online conversations became sexual and Shaw asked her to send naked photos of herself to him and said that this was “normal”.
The girl refused to do so but Shaw continued to ask and said he would “talk her through this”.
He said he would help find her a boyfriend and told her there was someone he knew called Kyle Shaw, although Shaw failed to turn up for a meeting the girl had arranged with him in February.
Shaw’s behaviour was eventually uncovered by the girl’s mother.
Sheriff Charles MacNair called for reports and placed Shaw on the sex offenders register. Sentencing will take place on March 16.