Locations
Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, SN3
Description
A convicted sex offender is back in court after being accused of breaching his sexual harm prevention order 11 times.
Appearing at Swindon Crown Court on June 6, 2025, Alistair Eccleston of Welcombe Avenue, Walcot, explained how he had previously only been made aware of nine charges made against him for breaches of the order.
But since his last hearing in Swindon Magistrates' Court on May 28, 11 charges are now recorded on Eccleston's record.
Each of those relates to the 25-year-old being in the company of or seeking out the company of a young person under the age of 16.
This is forbidden for Eccleston, who is a convicted sex offender and had a sexual harm prevention order imposed on him by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court in February 2021.
All of the breaches are recorded as having taken place between December 2021 and January 2025.
Eccleston's case has now been adjourned until June 11 so that his defence lawyer has adequate time to discuss the new charges that the defendant wasn't previously aware of with him.
The sex offender will continue to be held in custody until this next hearing at Swindon Crown Court.