A convicted sex offender has been jailed again after he was found using his phone to send explicit messages to a child

Former East Malling resident, David Knight, used social media apps to befriend the young boy and made repeated attempts to meet the victim on his own.

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Knight, 46, was previously sentenced in 2005 to more than six years’ imprisonment, for offences relating to the sexual abuse of children. He was convicted under his former name of David Thomas and added to the sex offenders register, for life.