A 27-YEAR-OLD man described as an “extremely high risk” sex offender has been jailed for breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
Blackburn magistrates heard Michael Graham was found in possession of a Nintendo DS Light which gave him access to the internet without having the capacity for storing the internet history.
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Graham, of St Peter Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to breach of the order three weeks after he was released from prison. He was jailed for six months.
Enza Geldard, prosecuting, said Graham had been was jailed for five years in 2010 for detaining two eight- year- old girls without lawful authority and jailed for four years in 2014 for outraging public decency.
Three weeks after his release from the latest sentence, staff at the bail hostel where he was living reported he had possession of a mobile games console. Police found the device was capable of accessing the internet but not of storing the history.
Simon Farnsworth, defending, said his client claimed he had bought the device simply to play games on.
“It is a breach but at the very bottom end,” said Mr Farnsworth. “My submission is that it was a technical breach. There is no suggestion he did anything with the device other than play the games that were in his possession.”
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