A Penhill man who got a 14-year-old girl to perform sex acts over the internet has been warned he is facing a jail term.

Nathan Woods encouraged the child, who lives in the east of England, to do the things in online while he watched.

Now the 30-year-old has to register as a sex offender and has been told he is likely to go to jail when he is sentenced next month.

Woods, of Seagry Court, Penhill, pleaded guilty to a multi-incident count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

He had been due to stand trial at Swindon Crown Court but pleaded guilty before a jury could be sworn in.

Woods admitted that on at least 11 occasions he got the child to carry out the sex acts in the year up to October 1, 2012.

At an earlier hearing he pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing indecent images of a child, relating to pictures she sent him.

He denied five other charges including causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. They will be left to lie on the file.

Colin Meeke, prosecuting, said although he was questioning whether he initially knew the girl's age there was no question he was aware by July 2012.

"There is an e-mail from her mother to him, of Facebook contact, and she told him what age the child was," Mr Meeke said.

"All the photographs are past the date of the correspondence between the child's mother and the defendant."

He said although she was involved in communicating with the defendant Mr Meeke reminded the court that at 14 'She is the one who is vulnerable and needs protecting'.

He said: "It is undeniable with several hundred miles between them she took the photographs of the things she had done. The law is there to protect her from her own naivety and stupidity."

Chris Smyth, defending, asked for the case to be adjourned so the probation service could compile a presentence report on his client.

He said: "I have told him immediate custody is most likely, he is obviously hopeful that the court can consider a suspended sentence."

But Judge Tim Mousley QC replied: "He should brace himself for what at the moment I consider to be the inevitable arising from the disparity in age."

He agreed to getting the report from the probation service and released Woods on bail to Thursday, December 18.

The judge said: "The reason for the delay is so a presentence report can be prepared which will tell me much more about your background.

"You will already appreciate from the exchange between me and Mr Smyth the fact that I am granting you bail now does not mean there will not be an immediate prison sentence: that remains the most likely outcome."

Although he released him on bail he tod him that he must register as a sex offender with the total period he must continue to do so determined by the sentence.