Robert Riley 33

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A convicted sex offender formed relationships with three women who all had children before staying at their homes without informing the police.

Robert Riley was convicted of possession of indecent images of children in November 2020, and his sentence included being placed on the sex offenders register, as well as a five year a sexual harm prevention order.

However, last Thursday (October 5), Preston Crown Court heard how Riley had pleaded guilty to four breaches of his sexual harm prevention order and four offences of failing to notify in relation to the sex offenders register.

As a result, Riley, 32, of Euston Road, Morecambe – previously of Burnley - was jailed for three years and 10 months.

The court was told how in the space of four months Riley formed relationships with three women, all of whom had children.

The women were unaware of his offending history and twice he used a different name when forming the relationships – the name was not registered with the police.  Two of the failing to notify offences related to this.

The other failing to notifiy offences related to when Riley stopped for more than 12 hours where children resided during one of the relationships without notifying the police, and stopped at another address during a relationship for more than seven days in a 12-month period.

Three breaches of his sexual harm prevention order related to when he tried to hide such relationships from his offender managers by deleting his internet history.

The fourth breach was being found in possession of an internet device which he hadn’t declared.

The prison term imposed included Riley being re-sentenced for the offence he was initially given a community order for in November 2020.

Riley’s sexual harm prevention order period was also extended from five years to seven years.

DC Adam Weaver of Lancashire Police’s West MOSOVO (Management of Sexual or Violent Offenders), said: “Robert Riley several times breached the orders and notification requirements which the court had placed on him.

“We monitor sexual offenders in the community and won’t hesitate to put them back before the courts if they breach and ignore the orders imposed.”