A registered sex offender has been jailed for repeatedly breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
Robert Walker, 54, was made subject to the order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register after he was sentenced for making and being in possession of indecent images of children last year.
A condition of Walker’s SHPO stipulated he must notify officers within three days of owning any devices with internet access and it must have the capacity to retain his internet use and history.
On 8 December last year, officers made an unannounced visit to his home as part of a routine check on sex offenders in the county.
A review of his phone found he had installed Snapchat which automatically deletes data after 24 hours.
He was found to have been on other social media sites messaging individuals in a sexual manner.
During the visit, Walker also disclosed to officers that he had bought an Xbox earlier in the day which he would create an account for.
Officers reminded Walker of his SHPO requirements and told him he must attend a police station within three days to notify officers of his new username.
By 13 December, Walker had failed to disclose this information so he was arrested at his home where he was also found in possession of another secret phone which he had failed to notify officers about.
Walker, of Eastfield Road, Peterborough admitted to two counts of breaching a SHPO and failing to comply with the Sex Offenders Register.
He was sentenced to two years in prison at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday (21 May).
August 2020
Convicted Waterbeach paedophile let off with a suspended sentence
A convicted paedophile from Waterbeach has been let off with a suspended sentence after being found in possession of images of children.
Robert Walker, 53, was placed on the sex offenders register in March last year when he was convicted of making and being in possession of indecent images of children.
On July 1 last year, officers paid Walker a routine visit to his in address at the time in Green End, Landbeach.
During a search of his mobile phone, detectives found 46 prohibited images of children, which were mainly created from computer generated graphics.
In his police interview, Walker said that viewing the images was “like an addiction.”
On Tuesday (August 4), Walker, now of Denny End Road, Waterbeach, admitted to being in possession of prohibited images of children and was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 18 months.
He was also handed a 15 year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
