Locations
The Close, Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, DN41
Description
A man has been sentenced after officers discovered images on his mobile phone following a routine address check.
Shaun McCandless, 62-years-old of The Close in Stallingborough has been sentenced to 12 months behind bars following an appearance at Grimsby Crown Court on Friday, 16 October 2026.
On the evening of Monday, 21 September 2026, officers from our Police Sex Offender Monitoring Team attended the home address of McCandless who was on a sexual offence prevention order. As part of the routine risk assessment check which the team regularly carry out, the mobile phone of McCandless was inspected.
The inspection revealed to officers that his search history and images had been deleted off his device. He was swiftly arrested for the breach of his sexual offence prevention order and remanded into prison.
When interviewed, McCandless admitted to having non-indecent images of young girls on his phone to which he later deleted.
Officer Jim Carlisle from our Mosovo team said:
“Once offenders who have committed sexual offences are released from prison, our work does not stop there.
“I hope this proves that our team will carry out regular checks and those that continue to offend will be held accountable and sent back to prison.
“Thankfully no one came to harm, his phone has been destroyed, and McCandless is back behind bars”