A Narberth man who contacted two 13-year-old girls over the internet and asked them for sex has been sentenced.
But after initially agreeing to meet him, they got cold feet and one of them contacted her teacher who called in the police.
Davies admitted two charges of attempting to arrange the commission of child sex offences.
Swansea Crown Court heard on Friday that Davies was already serving a community based sentence for a public order offence after he repeatedly drove past a 13-year-old girl and stopped his car and approached her.
Catherine Richards, prosecuting, said the internet offences took place over an eight-day period.
Davies made contact with the girls, both from the Carmarthen area, by ‘liking’ their Facebook pages.
Almost immediately, he asked them to meet him for sex, and continued to pester the second girl even after she had pretended to be only 10-years-old.
Miss Richards said Davies made contact with one of the girls by telephone and called her 112 times over the eight-day period.
After his arrest, Davies admitted he had contacted the girls with the sole intention of having sex with them.
His barrister, Carina Hughes, said Davies was well-respected within the church community in Templeton.
She described him as naive and immature and said he found it easier to relate to people younger than he was.
Judge Keith Thomas said the offending was serious and had led to consequences.
One of the girls had attempted to harm herself, had run away from home and had contemplated suicide.
Judge Thomas said a short jail sentence would not provide Davies with the help he needed to prevent him from reoffending.
Davies was made the subject of a three-year community order during which he will undergo counselling and undertake whatever courses the probation service tell him to.
He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order banning any unsupervised contact with anyone aged under 16.