Locations
City Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1
Description
A SEX offender has been jailed for a second time after repeatedly ignoring court orders.
Graham Simister, of no fixed abode in Church Street, Northwich, was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order at Chester Crown Court on January 29, 2021.
On May 4 last year, the 56-year-old breached the conditions of this order, landing him back in front of a judge.
The case was eventually heard at Chester Magistrates Court on May 2 this year where Simister was jailed for a total of 16 weeks.
But just weeks after his release, on August 17, Simister again breached the sexual harm prevention order and failed to comply with requirements of the sex offenders' register.
Despite being banned from doing so, he used a mobile phone which prevented the search history from being stored; downloaded social media apps without informing police or the Probation Service; used user names which were not provided to police; and used a chat app which automatically deletes the content after a week.
Simister, formerly of City Road, Chester, was subsequently charged with both offences and pleaded guilty to them at court on August 19.
He returned to Chester Crown Court on Monday, September 25, where Circuit Judge Steven Everett jailed him again, this time for a total of 16 months.
An order was also made for Simister to pay a sucharge of £187 on his release.