Man charged with multiple online child sex offences

A man has been charged with sending sexual messages to someone he believed to be a 12-year-old girl.

Michael Warchol, 27, of Thorpepark Road, Hull, is accused of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, breaching a sexual harm prevention order, and sending sexual photographs to cause alarm, distress or humiliation.

He is also charged with two counts of attempting to cause a child under 13 to watch or look at images of a sexual nature.

Mr Warchol remains in custody and is due to appear at Hull Crown Court on 13 February.

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