Locations
Old Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4
Description
A Medway resident who breached his sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) has been jailed.
Ben Champion was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court in 2020 of making indecent images of children, and was made subject of a court order that placed strict conditions on his behaviour indefinitely.
These included restrictions preventing any unsupervised contact with children, notifying the police if he stayed at a new address for more than seven days and retaining his internet history for inspection by officers.
Breaches
On 18 April 2024, constables attended Champion’s registered home and found he had been residing at a different property.
Their enquiries also found he had been in contact with children and had deleted some of the internet history on his phone.
Champion, of Old Road, Chatham, was arrested and charged with multiple breaches of his sexual harm prevention order between March and April.
Jailed
He pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and, on Tuesday 17 September, the 31-year-old was jailed for two years and eight months.