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A convicted sex offender is back behind bars after repeatedly breaching the terms of his court order.
Colin Luke harassed and stalked people living and working in Langley Park over a four-week period in October last year.
The 69-year-old exposed his genitals to shoppers at the village’s Premier Store on one occasion, and then repeatedly harassed staff at the Co-op store and a hair salon.
He visited both businesses an excessive number of times, commenting on the appearance of staff members and invading their personal space.
He also talked to several children in the village and visited a children’s play park, which breached the terms of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) prohibiting him from having any contact with children.
Luke had only just been released from prison when the offences occurred, after serving a sentence for the abduction and sexual assault of a schoolgirl in Bowburn in 2014.
Officers from Durham Constabulary’s Public Protection Unit launched an investigation and Luke was quickly arrested.
He was later charged with six offences, including exposure, stalking, harassment, and breaching a SHPO, which he admitted.
He appeared at Durham Crown Court today (January 10) where he was jailed for two years and four months.