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Update 2022-07-08

A SOUTHAMPTON sex offender is back behind bars after breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Jordan Larcombe, of Summit Way, was handed the SHPO on April 5 2017 after he was convicted of sexually abusing two teenage girls on the Isle of Wight.

Under the conditions of the SHPO, 26-year-old Larcombe is prohibited from using any phone or device capable of accessing the internet unless it can retain the internet history.

He must also make the device available for inspection on request by police, and he must not delete any internet history or mobile phone use.

During a home visit on June 14 this year, officers examined his phone and saw he had been messaging a woman over WhatsApp.

He had also configured the disappearing messages facility, meaning any new messages in the chat would disappear after 24 hours a breach of his SHPO.

In one message, he told the woman that she could begin flirting with him now because he had just put disappearing messages on.

Appearing at Southampton Crown Court he was jailed for two years for breaching the order.

PC Rob Thomas, from the Western Offender Management team, said: We take the management of sex offenders incredibly seriously, and invest significant resources into doing so in order to keep the public safe.

Officers will often make unannounced visits to offenders where they may be subject to an intrusive investigative interview process. This helps us understand an offenders routine, interests and behaviours so we can closely monitor them.

On this occasion, we visited Larcombes home and quickly established that he had deliberately and knowingly breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

These orders are put in place to protect the public, and ensure that individuals do not re-offend. Where they choose to disregard them, they are rightly punished and I am pleased that Larcombe is now back behind bars.

2019-07-05

A SEX offender convicted of sexual activity with a child was given additional prison time after breaching the terms of an order by posting pictures of himself online.

Jordan Larcombe, 23, of Chale Green, was caught out when police officers found an Instagram account he had started, including communications with a young female, and references to a Snapchat account, Rose Burns, prosecuting, told the IW Crown Court.

A court order prohibits Larcombe from having an internet enabled device without notifying police, which he did not do.

Ms Burns told the court that Larcombe had breached his sexual harm prevention order on a previous occasion and had been sent back to prison.

He then breached the order again, having acquired a mobile phone and posted on social media.

He was released in April and went to live with his mother. It wasn't until May 29 that police found the account.

Larcombe admitted the breach and said that he had felt lonely in prison and his friends had ditched him.

Ms Burns said: "He is a persistent breacher of this order. It presents a serious risk.

"He is messaging young girls with the intention of meeting up with them."

For Larcombe, Oscar Vincent said his client had been living an isolated existence since his release from prison, with no prospect of employment and no social interaction.

Mr Vincent said that Larcombe's communications from the phone were mostly one-way, with only one person responding, who was a 20-year-old ex-girlfriend of his.

Mr Vincent said the breach did not represent sophisticated activity and was very easily detected, with no attempt made to hide his identity.

"Mr Larcombe is 23 years of age, but does have have a low IQ. He has learning difficulties and if he were school age, he would be classed as special needs," Mr Vincent said.

Sentencing, Judge Timothy Mousley said: "This was a deliberate breach and constituted a very high risk of causing harm.

"This is not the first time you have breached the order and you have a history of failing to comply with other court orders."

Larcombe was sentenced to 16 months in prison.