Man (23) who sent explicit images to German boy (12) he met through Instagram game jailed

“Nobody has to know we are talking….it can be our little secret,” were some of the chat messages recovered on Begley’s phone

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March 28 2023 03:11 PM

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A man who sent explicit images of himself to a 12-year-old German boy believing the child was a 14-year-old girl has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Gavin Begley (23) befriended the German boy through an online game the child was playing with his friends. They played a few rounds of the game before Begley messaged the child privately.