Locations
Saville Street West, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29
Description
Alan Hawkins, of North Shields, has previous convictions for indecent assault and possessing and distributing indecent images
A serial pervert is back behind bars after police found an indecent image of boys on his phone.
Alan Hawkins has been jailed previously for indecent assault and possessing and distributing indecent images.
When police went to the registered sex offender's home in September this year, they examined his phone and the first picture they found in his photo gallery was the indecent image.
The court heard it was of the most serious type, category A.
Now the 57-year-old, of Saville Street West, North Shields, who has 23 previous convictions, has been jailed at Newcastle Crown Court.
The court heard he was jailed for 18 months for indecent assault in 1997, got five years for possessing and distributing indecent images in 2008, three years for possessing indecent images in 2018 and a suspended sentence last June for breaching his sexual harm prevention order.
On September 30, police attended his home and the latest offence was discovered.