Daniel Thomas was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court
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A man has been jailed for 10 years at Cardiff Crown Court for grooming two underage schoolgirls using social media.
Daniel Thomas, 24, groomed the two girls over Facebook before engaging in sexual activity with them and asking one to share explicit photographs of herself.
The court heard the girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were both under 16 at the time.
Sentencing Thomas at Cardiff Crown Court , Judge Thomas Crowther QC told the defendant: "Clearly you do not understand boundaries and consent."
Mr Jones said the defendant, who was 22 at the time, was "much older" than his first victim and stressed he was well aware of her age.
The court heard how the girl's mother tried to end contact between them by confiscating her phone and subsequently alerted the police.
Prosecutors said police issued a formal warning to the defendant in March 2015, banning contact and underlining the girl's age.
Thomas was arrested in November 2015 in relation to the first schoolgirl but denied the sexual relationship.
He was again arrested in the December when allegations about the second girl came to light, which he again denied.
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Cardiff Crown Court heard police found 17 indecent images of one of the girls in "various stages of undress" in a computer folder named "well well."
He pleaded guilty before his trial to seven counts of sexual activity with a child, inciting a child to engage in sexual intercourse, possession of indecent photographs of a child and possession of cannabis.
Andrew Davies, defending, said: "He is 24, but perhaps in relation to his maturity, he is far younger."
Judge Thomas Crowther QC said Thomas had been arrested over a "very similar scenario" with another teenager just weeks before he met the other girls.
Judge Crowther told Thomas: "You had effectively been warned off, but you simply continued thinking only of yourself and your pleasure.
"Whatever your level of maturity, you have an adult sexual appetite."
Thomas was jailed for 10 years, and given restraining orders against his two victims as well as a sexual harm prevention order.
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