A CHILD sex offender from West Yorkshire could see his jail sentence increase after a challenge has been made.

The bid has been made over the four-and-a-half year sentence Scott Jones received last month after being caught out by a paedophile hunter group.

His jail term will now be reviewed by the Attorney General under a scheme for sentences believed to be too lenient.

In 2017 Jones was given a three-year community order after he admitted online sex chats with two “decoy” girls aged 14 and 11.

He was also made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order.

But Bradford Crown Court heard last month that within 24 hours of the protective orders expiring, Jones was again involved in sexualised online chat with another 13-year-old “decoy”.

Jones, 28, was told the girl’s age, but he asked if she would have sex with him.

The police were called by a paedophile hunter group and he was arrested.

Officers recovered five category A indecent images of children and 19 category C indecent images from his tablet.

Jones, now of West View Terrace, Pellon, Halifax, pleaded guilty to charges of attempted sexual communication with a child, attempting to incite or cause a child to engage in sexual activity and possession of indecent images of children.