Locations
Russell Court, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19
Description
A St Neots sex offender has been jailed after breaching the terms of his order.
Robert Swinden, 46, wiped his internet history, declined to share information about his devices, and hid two bank cards from police.
He was handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in 2019 with conditions to monitor his behaviour for 10 years.
As part of routine checks, officers visited his home on March 2, 2020 and inspected his mobile phone and home computer, Cambridgeshire Constabulary said.
Checks revealed there was no internet history on the phone, which breached the terms of his SHPO.
When asked to hand over all other devices that belonged to him, he refused twice, which was another breach of his order, and was arrested.
A search was carried out at his home where two bank cards were found which Swinden failed to tell police about, and thus breached his sex offender register notification requirements.
Swinden, of Russell Court, St Neots, was charged with two counts of breaching a SHPO and failing to comply with the sex offenders register.
He later pleaded guilty to the charges and, in committing these offences, breached a suspended sentence previously given to him.