Paul Luck 62

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A persistent sex offender is back behind bars after he failed to tell a woman staying at his home about his perverted past.

Paul Luck had breached the terms of his sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) which was imposed after he was convicted of sexual assault.

The 62-year-old’s home was visited by police after they were alerted about a female living at his home, Teesside Crown Court heard.

Nicci Horton, prosecuting, said the defendant was legally required to alert police to any relationship he formed with a female, and he was barred from allowing women to stay at his home unless they were aware of his past.

She added: “When they entered the property, they found a female asleep on a mattress in the rear bedroom. She said that she had stayed a couple of nights at the address she and her partner were homeless.

“She had no knowledge of the defendant being a registered sex offender.”

The court heard how Luck had six convictions on his record for sexual offences.

Luck, of Easington Road, Stockton, pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching the terms of his indefinite SHPO following his arrest on March 28.

Michele Turner, mitigating, said her client had never been left alone with the woman as she was staying at his home with her partner and had been recalled on licence following his arrest.

Recorder Richard Wright KC jailed Luck for 12 months for breaching his court order.

“You are convicted sex offender with a history of committing sexual offences over a number of years,” he said.

“You have been subject to the terms of SHPO, and you know and understand full well what is required of you.

“You deliberately breached the order when you allowed a woman to stay in your house. She didn’t know that you were a sex offender or that she was placing herself at risk by being in your property.”