A PERVERT who claimed to a girl he believed was 12-years-old that he had raped children avoided jail on Monday.

Michael Ingram was really speaking to a member of a vigilante group in Glasgow’s Ibrox between July and October last year.

He stated he raped “little kids” as “bullies don’t learn from being told off.”

Ingram was snared by a vigilante group after arranging to meet the decoy.

He pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to causing a child to look at a sexual image and indecent communication with a child.

The first offender, of Cumbernauld was put under supervision for three years.

Ingram was also put on the sex offenders register for the same amount of time.

Sheriff Andrew Cubie restricted Ingram’s contact with children under 17 without an adult present.

Ingram must also inform police and his social worker if he purchases a device capable of accessing the internet.

He is also prohibited from deleting his internet history on his devices.