Nottingham Post published Man who groomed underage girl 'deserved' five-year sentence

A man who used Facebook and WhatsApp to groom an underage girl for sex deserved every day of his five-year sentence, top judges ruled. Danny Birks, 40, contacted the 12-year-old via social media and sent her a string of indecent messages in the hope of meeting for sex. He was caught out when the girl's mum spotted a suspicious message on her Facebook page and quizzed her about it. Birks, who initially claimed to be "utterly shocked" at the allegations, was jailed for five years at...