A former police officer has pleaded guilty to sex offences after he was confronted by paedophile hunters outside his home in a Norfolk town.

Christopher Sheldrick, 56, of Suffield Road in Gorleston, was arrested on September 29 after being approached by a member of The Ghosts Online Child Protection Team.

He was then charged with engaging in sexual communication with a child, attempting to breach a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and failing to comply with notification requirements of the sex offender register.

He was remanded and appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court on Saturday, October 5 where he pleaded guilty to all three offences.

Sheldrick is now due to appear before Norwich Crown Court on November 4.Christopher Sheldrick, 56, of Suffield Road Gorleston when first confronted by the paedophile huntersChristopher Sheldrick, 56, of Suffield Road, Gorleston when first confronted by the paedophile hunters (Image: The Ghosts Online Child Protection Team) Norfolk police confirmed that Sheldrick had been a police officer but had not served with them.

When confronted by the paedophile hunter group, Sheldrick admitted to them that he is a former police officer who has been out of the force for some years.

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Sheldrick admits to the group in the video that he was fired from the force for a breach of misconduct and later he also says he served in the military.

A member of the group then began reading transcripts of the conversation between Sheldrick and someone who he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

The person told him that they were 14 and Sheldrick asked her to "stick her tongue out" and made a suggestive comment.

Police putting cuffs on Sheldrick outside of his homePolice putting cuffs on Sheldrick outside of his home (Image: The Ghosts Online Child Protection Team) Sheldrick confessed to sending the account a pornographic video telling her "she needs to learn" about sex.

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He said in the video that he had been in prison for sex offences.

Additionally, when asked if he is sexually attracted to children he replies "Partly I suppose" before confessing to speaking to "three or four" other children who he says have sent him indecent images.

Sheldrick when confronted by the paedophile huntersSheldrick when confronted by the paedophile hunters (Image: The Ghosts Online Child Protection Team)