A PERVERT Domino's pizza worker was trapped by a gang of paedophile hunters after trying to entice a girl with an image of a woman performing a sex act with a snake.

Jitender Kumar, 38, used WhatsApp to send a photo showing the lady inserting the viper between her legs with a condom over its head.

Kumar thought he was sending the image to a 13-year-old girl called Molly but he was actually sending it to a paedophile hunter group called 'Stolen Youth No More'.

The father of two asked the girl if she had a boyfriend and if she had started her period yet, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

John Evison, prosecuting, told the court: "He sent her a picture of a bedroom with a teddy bear on the bed.

"He told her to get the train to Paddington or Euston."

Kumar said he would send an image of his credit card and asked Molly to come visit him.

Six months later, on July 6, Kumar messaged her again, sent her a photo of his face and then forwarded her the image of the woman with the snake - which he called a "China special".

Kumar was tracked to his place of work, a Domino's pizza takeaway in east London, by the paedophile hunters Stolen Youth No More on July 21.

They held him there until police arrested him and brought him to Brixton police station.

Kumar said he thought the profile was a prank organised by colleagues and that he sent the image of the snake to test them.

But he then plead guilty to all three charges at the earliest possible opportunity.

Jonathan Underhill, defending, said: "This is a man still coming to terms with the desires he suffers from.

"He has lost his good character in the worst possible way.

"He has completed an online course to help those who suffer from it.

"He has sought help independently."

Judge Neil Sanders told Kumar: "You are 38 years old with no previous convictions.

"As far as you were concerned it is quite clear that you thought that (the girl) was 13 years old.

'There were quite clear requests by you to meet up.

'The obvious suggestion is that that should result in sexual intercourse between you.

"Bearing in mind that there was no meeting, there was no child, and the meeting could not have taken place."

Kumar, of East London, admitted attempting to meet a child under 16 following grooming, sexual communication with a child, and possession of an extreme porn image.

He was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment suspended for two years, a 60 day Rehab Activity Requirement, 100 hours of unpaid work, and a five year sexual harm prevention order.