Locations
Brompton Street, Middlesbrough, TS5
Description
A sex offender who once gave two schoolgirls love bites has been jailed for breaching a suspended prison sentence.
Serena Ransom was found guilty by a jury in 2015 of making sexual advances towards two young girls.
The 27-year-old was convicted of sexual assault, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two of sexual activity with a child.
She was sentenced to 18 months’ detention in a young offenders’ institution and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order banning her from work or unsupervised contact with under-16s.
In May last year, Ransom was hauled back in front of a judge at Teesside Crown Court for breaching her notification requirements.
The court heard how the qualified bricklayer created a profile on video sharing app TikTok in October 2020 and failed to notify police.
She also stayed overnight in a house where children also regularly stayed and did not tell the police.
Ransom was handed a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months and made subject to a six-month curfew.
She was also ordered to undertake 120 hours unpaid work and carry out 30 rehabilitation days.
On Wednesday afternoon, the defendant made a further appearance at the court in Middlesbrough.
Ransom, of Brompton Street, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to breaching her suspended sentence.
Miss Recorder Kidd partly activated the 12 month sentence and sentenced her to six months behind bars.
Teesside Live reported in 2015 how Ransom's first and youngest victim was described by a judge as being “particularly vulnerable” when Ransom sexually assaulted her by giving her love bites.
The court heard how Ransom gave the second older girl love bites, kissed her on the lips and asked her to touch her intimately.
During the hearing last year, the court heard how the notification breaches were Ransom's third and fourth.
She was caught after a man, who knew about her criminal past, saw her TikTok profile and sent a screenshot to police.
Nigel Soppitt, defending, said the breaches were "reckless rather than malicious" and that Ransom has "no sexual interest in children".