Description
A registered sex offender, formerly from west Kent, has been jailed for a year after he used fake names to access social media.
In 2008, Ryan Page was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court of raping a woman and he was sentenced to six years and 10 months in jail.
Upon his release he was subject to conditions that included restrictions around his use of the internet.
In 2023, officers found he had been using social media platforms under false names. This included calling himself both ‘Jim White’ and ‘Ryan Wenham’ on Snapchat, and ‘Ryan Chantilly’ on Facebook.
Breaches
These were clear breaches of the notification requirements imposed by the court, and Page was tracked down at a hotel in Folkestone and arrested in November 2024.
The 38 year old, of no fixed address, was subsequently charged with four counts of failing to comply with his sex offender notification requirements.
He denied the charges and, when he failed to appear for a trial in October 2025, was found guilty in his absence.
A warrant was issued for his arrest, and Page was located in Somerset on Monday 9 March 2026.
Sentenced
He was then sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on the following day. Police investigator Natalie Armstrong said:
'Anyone convicted of a crime which places them on the sex offenders register also has strict conditions placed on them when they are released back into the community.
‘Page showed a complete disregard for these restrictions when he used false names whilst accessing the internet. We have officers tasked with regularly checking offenders' conduct and where they identify any transgressions, the offender is swiftly brought back before the court to answer for their actions.
‘Page has shown that he continues to be a potential threat to vulnerable victims and he is now starting a prison sentence as a result.'