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A REPEAT sex offender from Workington is back behind bars after police were tipped off about his perverted online activities.

At Carlisle Crown Court, 27-year-old Jonathan Fell was given a 32-month jail term for his latest offending, which involved him viewing naked and sexualised images of children.

Police say they acted after receiving concerning reports about his use of social media in December of last year.

After his arrest, police examined Fell’s mobile phone – and found sufficient evidence to bring a number of charges, including an allegation that he had breached his existing sexual harm prevention order.

At court, the defendant, of Firth View Walk, Workington, admitted the following offences:

• Two counts of downloading indecent child images between November 30 last year and December 3. Three of the images were Category C and one was Category B.
• Possessing indecent child images – one that was assessed as Category B and one as Category A.
• And four breaches of his sexual harm prevention order - by accessing a file sharing website and by accessing two social media sites, which is banned under the terms of his order.

All of the offences were committed in the Cockermouth area at a time when he was living in Mawsons Court in the town. Police arrested Fell on December 3 last year, but he refused to answer questions.

After he was jailed, and put on the Sex Offender Register for a decade, Cumbria Police’s Detective Constable Mark Cox said: “The breach of a court-imposed Sexual Harm Prevention Order is taken extremely seriously by the police and the courts.

 “One of Cumbria Constabulary’s main priorities is the protection of the public from the risk of serious sexual offenders.

“As soon as officers were made aware of the potential breaches, they acted and were able to quickly secure evidence against Fell, which has resulted in him being sentenced to significant further time in prison.”

The defendant has lived in Cockermouth, Workington and Carlisle.