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A sex offender has been sent back to prison after persistently failing to register with the police.
Prosecutor Brogan Riley told Bradford Crown Court that Daniel Maddison had been placed on the sex offender’s register for life after being convicted of sexual offences with a 13-year-old girl in 2014 when he was 18.
He was sent to a young offender institution for three years and two months and was also made the subject of a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
Maddison, now 28, originally from Bradford, was released from prison on November 11 last year after breaching his SHPO.
He then did not make contact with the police to advise them of his address, which put him in further breach.
He was arrested on June 11 and, after initially giving “no comment” answers during an interview, revealed that he was living with a new partner.
He is currently in custody at HMP Doncaster.
The court heard that he had 12 previous convictions for 20 offences of which eight were for failure to comply with notification requirements. The most recent was for an indecent communication.
Miss Riley said that demonstrated that Maddison had a history of non-compliance with custodial sentences.
Mitigating, Lauren Smith said Maddison took full responsibility for the offences and apologised.
She said mental health issues including depression and anxiety had made it difficult for him to cope on being released from custody, causing him to “put his head in the sand”.
She said there had been no repetition of his previous behaviour since being released from custody, and no suggestion that children were living at his address that he was staying at.
Mr Recorder Sam Green said Maddison’s previous “horrid offending” meant that he had to notify the police of his address in order to register as a sex offender.
He said: “This clearly involved a long period of non-compliance [meaning] you have a sex offender off the police radar and at risk of committing further sexual offences.
“In my judgment this offence is seriously aggravated by your previous substantial non-compliance, which has landed you in prison previously. You got out and failed to comply with [notification requirements] again.
“Serial non-compliance cannot be overlooked.”
He sentenced Maddison to 12 months in prison.