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A 45-year-old man has been sent back to prison after he admitted to breaching the terms of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and failing to comply with Sex Offenders’ Register notification requirements.
Simon Giles, previously of Northampton, was issued with a SHPO in June 2024, which placed him on the Sex Offenders’ Register.
The SHPO was issued with certain conditions he was required to abide by, including notifying the police of any social media usage, as well as not disposing of any internet devices without authorisation.
However, on June 3 this year, Northamptonshire Police’s MOSOVO Team was made aware that he had been using the social media platform Connected2, something he had failed to notify them of. He had also sold an iPad without permission.
He was arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of breaching his SHPO and one count of failing to comply with his notification requirements, after he failed to declare a social networking username.
On June 11, Giles appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to all three charges, and he was remanded into custody after his case was committed to the county’s crown court for sentencing.
Last month (August 27), Giles was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court to 12 months in prison.
Risk Management Officer Lucy Fraser-Allen, from the Force’s MOSOVO team, said:
“Registered sex offenders are managed very closely by our team and any breach of their conditions, no matter how small, is dealt with robustly and with a zero-tolerance approach.
“Giles was well aware of the need to make us aware of any new social media usage or usernames, but he failed to do so and he has been shown the consequences as a result.
“It is our duty to protect the most vulnerable people in our society from people like Simon Giles and we will continue working hard to ensure that anyone else who breaches the terms of their SHPO is brought to justice.”