Locations
Bedmond Road, Abbots Langley, WD5
Description
A Watford man has been put behind bars after failing to comply with the requirements of being on the sex offenders' register.
Francis Keeley, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 56 days' prison after he appeared at Hatfield Magistrates' Court on Monday (February 3).
Court papers state that the 51-year-old showed a "flagrant disregard for court orders", meaning that "only a custodial sentence" could be justified.
On January 21, Keeley left his address and failed to register a new address or no fixed abode status within three days, therefore breaching his requirement to register with police under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Keeley's guilty plea was taken into account when sentenced.
The force had appealed for help to trace him last week, describing him as being on recall to prison.