An Exeter man had cyber sex with a 14-year-old girl who lived 500 miles away in Scotland after contacting her on Skype.
Tristan Acres, aged 20, performed sex acts on webcam in Devon at the same time as a girl he had met through social networking touched herself on screen.
Acres escaped a jail sentence after a Judge was told he suffers from learning difficulties which mean he has the emotional age of a much younger adolescent.
He was in touch with a number of girls on social networks and the 14-year-old was the only one who was under age, Exeter Crown Court was told.
Acres, of St Katherines Road, Exeter, admitted inciting the girl to send him indecent images and sending her indecent images.
He was ordered to receive two years supervision and made subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order which restricts his internet use and allows police access to his computer.
Judge Phillip Wassall told him:"You were 19 when you used a social networking site to make contact with a girl of 14 in Scotland and sent messages which became increasingly sexualised.
"You started talking on Skype and ended up asking her to expose herself and you took part in sexual acts while she touched herself.
"Those facts do not show you are of good character and have significant learning difficulties and function at a younger age than your 19 years.
"There were also quite a number of sexualised messages with girls over 16 and this was the only one with a girl of her age, so this is not the case of a predator looking for 14-year-old girls to groom."
The judge said Acres will need help from the probation service to improve his cognitive and social skills and appreciate what is and is not appropriate in relationships.
Mr David Bowen, prosecuting, said the offence came to light when the Scottish girl's mother became concerned about her online behaviour and checked her computer.
She contacted the police who raided Acres home and found more evidence on a computer which belonged to his brother but which he had access to.
Mr James Parkhouse, defending, said Acres now accepts he made a massive mistake and regrets what he did. He said:"His emotional age is far lower than his chronological age."
