A MAN guilty of sexual activity with two young girls and got them to send him indecent pictures of themselves has been told he is facing a long jail term.

Craig Russell, of King Street, Melksham, groomed one 13-year-old old before having sex with her having already repeatedly bedded a 14-year-old girl.

And the 22-year-old also got the younger girl and another 14-year-old to send him explicit pictures of themselves.

Russell denied having sex with the children but following a trial at Swindon Crown Court he was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a child.

He was also convicted of meeting a child after sexual grooming, relating to the 13-year-old.

At an earlier hearing he admitted two counts each of possessing indecent images of children and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Now Judge Peter Blair QC has remanded him in custody and told him he was facing a long jail term for his offending.

And he said he was concerned Russell may poses a serious risk of significant harm in the future after hearing the evidence.

Judge Blair said: "What concerns me as to his future safety is that apparent ability to say black is white and white is black and take such little responsibility for apparently, on the face of it, what he has done.

"Needless to say, as that has been his approach that give me some level of concern about how potentially dangerous he is to young people.

"I think that really needs to be considered by the probation service preparing a report on him bearing in mind he is relatively young and has not been sentenced before."

He adjourned the case to Wednesday, December 16, so a report can be prepared and remanded him in custody.

"You will be receiving a long prison sentence come what may for doing this to young underage girls," he said.

"The information the jury didn't have but I did, about one of them being so concerned fairly recently about you following them and pretending to, or really speaking down a phone about what might happen to you if you were convicted.

"You are going to get a prison sentence and there is no reason why that can't start today."

Russell first met the 14 year-old girl through a mutual friend in early 2013 and then contacted her through social media.

She eventually agreed to meet up with him, he was 20 at the time, and after going to his house he persuaded her to repeatedly have sex with her.

The 13-year-old girl said he approached her on social media and in late 2013 they met up and after plying her with cannabis had sex with her.