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A Snapchat-using pervert caught with hundreds of child abuse files on his phone in Dundee has been placed on the sex offenders register.

Dylan Smith tried to claim he bought the iPhone on Gumtree days after the last of the disgusting files had been downloaded onto Snapchat.

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An offender who targeted a child whilst she was walking along a road in Medway has been jailed.

Abiola Adenmosun was driving through Rochester in 2012 and stopped his car alongside a girl he did not know. He befriended her and arranged to see her locally the next day.

The victim went to the meeting where Adenmosun gave her alcohol and a cigarette containing cannabis.

Sexually assaulted

The girl had not tried the drug before and became disorientated. He went on to sexually assault her in his car.

Over several months Adenmosun continued to meet the child and committed further sexual offences. During this period, he also damaged the victim’s phone and assaulted one of her relatives.

The victim tried to end any contact with Adenmosun, but he persisted to text and phone her. This led her to report his offending to the police in 2017.

Adenmosun, of King George Road, Chatham was interviewed and later charged with six counts of sexual activity with a child.

He pleaded not guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and was convicted of all the indictments on 28 February 2025.

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On Friday 18 July, the 35 year old was sentenced to four years and three months’ imprisonment.

He was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and will be required to sign the Sex Offenders Register. He will also be subject to a restraining order for life.

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Kayleigh Archer, said:

‘This man sought out a vulnerable girl who was walking by herself, gained her trust and then went on to commit multiple sexual offences.

‘The victim had immense courage in initially reporting her ordeal. She then had the resilience to support our investigation over a long period of time and then give evidence at court. This has ensured this appalling man is now in prison and he cannot pose a risk to other young victims.’

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A man has been banned from every McDonald's in Merseyside after spying on a 16-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Liverpool city centre restaurant.

Tyler Rogers, 24, said he was picking up a "Too Good to Go" bag when he wandered into the women's toilets at around 9.45pm on Thursday, July 24.

He appeared at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday (July 26), where he pleaded guilty to voyeurism, the Liverpool Echo reported.

Prosecutor Adrian Evans told the court: "There was a female who had gone into the McDonald's toilets, a 16-year-old. When she was on the toilet itself, she has seen a male peering over into the cubicle in which she was seated.

"The male has then left. Police were called and the defendant was identified by officers. At the time, there was another female in the toilet, and the victim has been described as looking very shaken up as a result of the incident - the offences perpetrated by this defendant.

"Upon being arrested, he made a significant statement [along the lines of] 'I didn't do anything wrong'.

"The act he did admit doing, but he denied any sexual gratification from the same. Having pleaded guilty, he now must accept that sexual gratification was at least one of the reasons why he carried out the offence."

The court heard Rogers, of Stanley Road, Bootle, had appeared before the courts on voyeurism charges before. In June 2023, he was given a 16-month sentence after using a hidden camera to secretly film nude women in the changing rooms of Crosby Leisure Centre.

After Rogers was caught in the McDonald's toilets, a witness said she heard the victim shout: "I swear I just seen a man look at me and run out".

She said: "I was too scared to leave the cubicle so I just sat there for five minutes. I then opened the door, ran over to the McDonald's security staff and told them what had happened."

Mr Evans said: "The defendant is already a registered sex offender. Despite being a registered sex offender, he has once again gone out and committed a deliberate act of voyeurism against a young girl for his own sexual gratification, despite the fact that a Sexual Harm Prevention Order is in place already. That is designed to protect girls and others from the defendant's proclivities.

"Unfortunately he has chosen to deliberately commit a further offence, therefore these terms have not prevented him from going out to this public restaurant and committing this offence.

"He has shown a total disregard for the court order already in place, and he has demonstrated by these further acts that he is a threat and does pose a real danger to young girls in the community."

David Achilles, defending, said: "Rogers tells me he had gone in to collect some food. He had been drinking, he was under the influence of alcohol.

"He went into the wrong toilet and basically he has taken advantage of the situation he has found himself in. There is some planning, but it certainly isn't significant.

"He's in hostel accommodation at the moment. If he's given an immediate custodial sentence, he will lose that accommodation. That isn't going to do anybody any good, because he would come out homeless."

Urging the magistrates to pass a suspended sentence, he added: "I'm not trying to minimise what he has done. I think he accepts it's totally unacceptable. He needs to learn from it. Hopefully he will."

Bench chairman Mark Appleton said a pre-sentence report was required. He told Rogers: "There's a very realistic chance you could be remanded in custody for this offence, however we're going to give you a chance. These are serious matters, as you know."

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The man pictured is Joseph Chapman, he is 36 and he is a paedophile.

He groomed two 14-year-old girls he befriended on Snapchat and gave them vapes.

Chapman, who used the Snapchat handle PJ, went onto sexually assault both victims in his car. The offences took place in Burnley and Colne.

The mother of the first victim became aware of the offending in March 2023 after finding packaging for disposable vape devices in her daughter’s bedroom while cleaning. When she asked her daughter about it, she said she had been given them by an older man.

She went on to tell her sister that PJ had sexually assaulted her, but she didn’t want to tell her mum because she feared getting in trouble for vaping. The sexual assault happened in Chapman’s car the previous November.

The first victim managed to take down the registration number of Chapman’s car and saved it in the notes section of her iPhone.

Chapman had also contacted the first victim’s friend on Snapchat and he would ask her to meet him. He also asked her to send a photograph of herself in her school uniform, but she refused.

The offending against the second victim came to light in May 2023 when her mother found an entry in her diary for January 2023 which mentioned meeting ‘PJ the Pedo’ the following day. Concerned by this she continued to read the diary, noticing numerous entries mentioned PJ and that she received vapes from him.

The second victim went onto disclose that PJ had sexually assaulted her on two occasion in her car.

Chapman had also added the second victim’s friend on Snapchat, asked her age and offered to driver her to McDonalds.

Chapman was arrested in May 2023 and admitted what he had done in police interview.

However Chapman, of Lydgate, Burnley, pleaded not guilty but was eventually found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with a child following a trial at Preston Crown Court. He was back in the dock on Wednesday (23rd July) and was jailed for 11 years and three months.

In an impact statement to the court, the first victim said:

“When the assault happened, I told my closest friends but as they didn’t know how to help they distanced themselves, leaving me alone. I couldn’t leave my house out of fear of seeing him in public. I was going to the shop only a door away from home when I saw a car that looked like his. I froze and ran back home crying, and I was then unable to sleep that night.

“Because of what Chapman did to me, I don’t trust older men and automatically assume the worst which affects how much I trust doctors, counsellors, co-workers and even family friends. Unfortunately, I became hypersexual but also asexual, I crave the male validation and attention but when I get it, I hate it and feel dirty.

“When Chapman pleaded not guilty it felt hopeless, like he was going to win. This also occurred on a different day than we were told ‘for his protection’ this made me furious as I didn’t think he should have any protection. So instead of being distracted from just one GCSE I was distracted for all of them. The lengthy legal process made me feel like it was going to continue ruining my teenage years. I almost gave up altogether but I couldn’t let him win.

“I spent years trying to block out the memories so when I was told that I would need to re-watch my video evidence and the need to watch it ahead of the trial, all I did was cry and worry it would take all my progress away. When I watched my evidence I felt two emotions; sadness for my younger self and anger for me now it was so surreal watching myself talking about what happened. I did experience a flashback after this but that’s when I knew I wasn’t giving up now and he would be punished.

“Due to Chapman having issues with his legal team, court dates were one again pushed back, causing me further anxieties, and now I’m writing this statement for my long overdue justice and closure. Not only for me but all other survivors of Chapman's selfish actions.”

DC Lee Walker, of Burnley CID, said:

“Chapman is a dangerous and manipulative individual who groomed young girls online with the intent of going on to engage in sexual activity with them.

“He then forced them to re-live their ordeal by forcing them to give evidence during a trial – his final act of control.

“Chapman’s abhorrent behaviour has clearly had a significant impact on Chapman’s victims. Now the court process is over I hope they can now begin to rebuild their lives, knowing he will be in prison for a significant period of time.”

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A doctor who put his semen into a cup of coffee he made for a woman has been permanently struck off.

Former Taunton GP Nicholas Chapman, 57, was found guilty in June 2023 of attempting to engage in sexual activity without consent. He was sentenced to a 12-month community order.

Two years on, a medical tribunal panel has ruled he should be erased from the medical register.

In a judgement published online, the tribunal panel said "reasonable" members of the public would find Chapman's conviction "deplorable", adding they would be "appalled" if he were not struck off.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal document detailed how Chapman had targeted a second woman – referred to only as Ms A – over a number of years.

It said he had shown her photos of naked women without her consent and suggested she should look for him on an unnamed dating app.

The victim also said he had kissed her and, on a separate occasion, had pinched her bottom during a hug – allegations that Chapman denied.

The tribunal panel ruled that these actions were "unwanted", constituted sexual harassment and created "a degrading environment" for the victim.

During the 2023 trial at Gloucester Crown Court, the first woman, known to the tribunal as Ms B, described the coffee semen incident as "devious and cowardly".

She said she hoped to move on but would "have to accept that the mental and emotional trauma I have suffered throughout this will always remain with me in some way".

At the time, Chapman was made subject to a 10-year restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim and was placed on the sex offenders' list for five years.

'No evidence of apology'

The medical tribunal heard evidence from a doctor who worked at the same practice as Chapman.

The doctor said the impact of Chapman's actions on the reputation of the practice and trust in doctors was "still huge".

"There continue to be comments inside and outside of the practice on a regular basis like, 'Oh we don't talk about Dr Chapman'," they added.

"Some patients are put off coming to the practice and some have a mistrust of seeking help when they need it, or whether things would remain confidential," the doctor continued.

Handing down their judgement, the tribunal panel said Chapman had shown a "lack of insight" about the impact of his actions.

They highlighted that they had "received no evidence of apology, reflection, insight or remediation from Dr Chapman in respect of his conviction".

While Chapman told the tribunal panel he accepted his conviction, he continued to maintain his innocence.

"Dr Chapman had undermined and breached the trust and confidence of patients and the public in the medical profession," the tribunal report said, adding he had brought the profession into "disrepute".

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A 19-year-old who admitted charges including rape has been jailed today (25 July).

Leo Wilson, of School Drive, Flimby, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court after pleading guilty to rape and attempted penetrative sexual activity with a child at a hearing earlier this month.

The court heard how two girls had been in the company of Wilson at his home address in 2021, playing computer games, when they fell asleep.

One of the girls woke in the early hours of the morning to find Wilson on top of her, first sexually assaulting her and then raping her.

The girl and her friend then left.

Wilson was arrested but refused to answer questions put to him in his police interviews.

However, at court he entered a guilty plea to both offences and was sentenced to three years and two months in prison.

He was also made subject of a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and an indefinite period on the sex offenders register.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Simon Quinn of Cumbria Police said:

“Wilson sought to take advantage of a girl, younger than him, who had fallen asleep in his room.

“His actions were predatory and he was fully aware that he did not have the consent of the victim.

“I’d like to thank the victim in this case for her bravery and courage throughout the process – first in coming forward to report what had occurred and then in giving statements which ultimately resulted in a guilty plea and Wilson being held accountable for his actions in court.

“I would encourage anyone who has been victim to a sexual offence to contact police so that our officers can investigate, and you will be supported.

“Support is available, and the Constabulary works closely with trusted partner agencies to provide the appropriate support which is tailored to an individual’s circumstances."

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A Fife councillor has been found guilty of sexual offences against a teenage girl over a seven-month period.

David Graham, who was suspended from the Labour party two years ago, groomed and sexually abused the girl at a variety of locations in the Fife and Edinburgh areas in 2023.

The 43-year-old was convicted of offences involving sexual activity with a girl aged between 13 and 15 following a trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

He is due to be sentenced on 19 August.

Speaking after Graham's conviction, Fife Council leader David Ross said details of the abuse revealed at the trial had been "truly shocking".

The Labour councillor added: "This is appalling behaviour by anyone, let alone an elected councillor - and the sentence will reflect the seriousness of this case.

"Our sympathies go out to the young person involved.

"It is impossible to express how badly David Graham has let down his colleagues and the people he was elected to represent."

A Labour Party spokesperson said: "The party is taking immediate action to exclude David Graham from membership of the Labour Party following his conviction."

Police Scotland Det Insp Graham Watson described Graham as "a manipulative individual who groomed and sexually abused his teenage victim".

The officer added: "He was well-known and in a position of power when the offending took place.

"I would like to thank the female for her assistance in bringing him to justice."

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A child molester who triggered his young victim's trauma by messaging her about the abuse years later has been jailed for three and half years.

Jay Johnson was a teenager when he subjected the girl to sexual abuse, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

After being convicted of groping a second girl, Johnson, now 23, sent his first victim a message asking if she remembered what he had done to her, which prompted her to report it to police, the court heard.

Johnson, from Alnwick, Northumberland, denied five child sex offences but was found guilty by jurors.

He was given a community order in 2020 for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2018, Judge Robert Spragg said, with the court viewing it then as an "isolated incident".

But unbeknown to prosecutors, Johnson had also been molesting a younger girl, the judge said.

'Ridiculous excuses'

The second lot of offences came to light when Johnson sent the girl a message about his actions in 2023, which was also a breach of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) made in 2020, the court heard.

In the message, Johnson asked the girl if she could "remember what they were doing", the court heard.

The message was "highly traumatic" with the victim then reporting the abuse to police, the judge said, with the girl saying she had feared she would not have been believed before then.

Judge Spragg said it was "very worrying" Johnson felt it appropriate to contact the victim, with the sex offender then lying to jurors and "coming up with ridiculous excuses" for sending the message.

Johnson posed a "high risk" of sexual offending, the judge said.

He was jailed for three years for the sexual offences against a child and a further six months for breaching the SHPO.

Johnson was also made subject to another SHPO for 10 years and must sign the sex offender register indefinitely.

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McPhillips, of Bury Road, Gosport, was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to arranging or facilitating the sexual assault of a child.

He had sent indecent images of himself to an undercover police officer and arranged to meet who he believed was a child for sex.

He was arrested upon arrival at a KFC in Southampton. During arrest, he reportedly said, “I am not going home tonight, am I?”

His defence, Adam Furze, cited McPhillips’ PTSD linked to his military service in the Gulf War and personal trauma, including the sudden death of a friend and a failed marriage.

Judge Christopher Parker KC noted the graphic nature of McPhillips’ intentions and imposed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order along with notification requirements.

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A 50-year-old Cowdenbeath man has admitted sending filthy sexual messages to someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl.

Gary Taylor chatted over social media platforms to an adult pretending to be a child from Brighton.

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A sex offender who previously made ‘lewd and obscene suggestions’ to police officers posing as teenage schoolgirls online has appeared back in court.

Steven Beswick was convicted in October 2019 of three offences of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child after he claimed to be aged 17 and asked the 'girls' for photos.

He was sentenced to a two-year community order and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for five years. One of the prohibitions was that he was not allowed to delete his internet usage or search history.

But Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard police discovered 54-year-old Beswick, who works on the family farm at Rudyard, near Leek, deleted Facebook messages and his internet history. In a prepared statement the defendant admitted deleting messages he had with someone on Facebook and accepted that was in breach of the SHPO.

Beswick, of Biddulph Road, Horton, pleaded guilty to breaching a SHPO. Edmund Potts, mitigating, said Bewsick understands how serious his offending was.

Mr Potts said: "He understands he has made the job of those who have to supervise him in the community more difficult. He is frustrated with himself at having brought himself before the court again. That remorse is reflected in his guilty plea.

"He has taken steps to address his offending behaviour. He no longer has a phone. He does not want to put himself in that position again. His previous supervision compliance was excellent. He is somebody they could work with fruitfully into the future."

Mr Potts added that there was a realistic prospect of Beswick being rehabilitated. Judge Graeme Smith sentenced Beswick to an 18-month community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement for 20 days. He was fined £200.

Judge Smith told Beswick: "You deliberately deleted the messages. You may not have understood that in doing so you were breaching the order. You complied fully with the previous order made by the court. Your compliance has been described as being excellent."

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A ROTHERHAM man aged 42 raped a 15 year old girl after taking her to the cinema, then on to a hotel where he plied her with wine before the offence happened.

Paul Richardson, now aged 63, had been grooming his victim from the age of 14, when he sent her love letters, presents and alcohol, along with day trips out.

At the hotel, in Bassetlaw, Richardson raped her after kissing her against her will.

He went on to rape her a further three times in the months which followed and has now been convicted of his sexual offences against her - 20 years ago.

The offences took place in hotels and a house in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, Sheffield Crown Court was told.

Richardson was prosecuted as part of the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood, the investigation into historic child sexual abuse in Rotherham.

His victim is now aged 30s and told NCA investigators that Richardson picked her up in his car, sometimes from school, and took her to locations where they were alone together.

When she told him she did not want to have sex, he overpowered or manipulated her, she told investigators.

His trial jury heard that Richardson knew the girl had a chaotic home life and set out to make her feel dependent on him for stability - so she would not report the abuse.

He threatened that if she told anyone, she would lose him and be alone.

However, in 2022, investigations under Operation Stovewood led to officers contacting the victim and she explained what had happened.

Richardson had given her a phone, so she could secretly contact him - meaning officers could retrieve messages between them, many of which were sexually oriented texts from him to her.

That led to him being charged in March last year.

Following conviction, he was remanded in custody and will be sentenced later in August.

NCA investigating officer Kath Blain said: “Richardson purposefully made an extremely vulnerable girl trust him and feel entirely dependent on him so that he could sexually abuse her.

“Once the girl was within his control, he raped her repeatedly and remorselessly.”

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A paedophile ex-cop from Malmesbury is being held in custody over an alleged breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Callum Denley has been charged with failing to produce his iPhone for inspection by a police offender manager between 16 June and 23 July.

The 20-year-old was slapped with the SHPO after pleading guilty to possessing 1,590 indecent images and videos of children earlier this year, some as young as five.

He was handed a ten-month suspended prison sentence at Swindon Crown Court, alongside a requirement to complete rehab activities and register as a sex offender for ten years.

Denley was a serving officer at Wiltshire Police at the time of his arrest – but later resigned.

The defendant, of Old Alexander Road, Malmesbury, was remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court this morning (Thursday).

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Today (Thursday 24 July 2025) Sid Ali Djelid (09/01/1986) - also known under the alias of Mourad Malki - of Smedley Road, Manchester, has been convicted on five counts of rape in the city centre following a five-week trial at Manchester Crown Court.

The court heard how the series of rapes took place between February and July 2024, and how Djelid would pray on, and attack intoxicated victims in the city centre.

The first of the three attacks came on Sunday 18 February 2024 which occurred in the early hours of the morning. CCTV footage shows Djelid leading his female victim down a secluded back street near to China Town before raping her and stealing her mobile phone and making off.

Her mobile phone was tracked to Smedley Road in Cheetham Hill, very close to Djelid’s home address.  

Djelid, believed to be an Algerian national committed his second crime on Wednesday 12 June 2024, the victim - who was visiting Manchester with work – was approached by Djelid outside a bar on Canal Street. After engaging in conversation with the victim, he walked him to a remote location close to Richmond Street and raped him.

Once again, Djelid stole items from the victim, namely his phone, watch and a necklace.The stolen phone of the victim was tracked near to Vallea Court in Cheetham Hill.

During that incident, Djelid is shown on CCTV to be wearing a distinctive, black puffa jacket.    

Djelid’s final attack before being apprehended on Sunday 21 July 2024, came three days earlier on 18th July 2024, Djelid approached his male victim who was visiting Manchester and offered to assist him back to his hotel as he was lost. Djelid was acting as a concerned good Samaritan but his intentions were anything but sincere.

Instead, he led the victim to a secluded area of the canal at Jutland Street and raped him.

Similar to the previous incidents, he took the victims phone and wallet and pushed the victim to the ground before making his escape. A short time later Djelid attended a service station in Cheetham Hill and utilised one of the bank cards to make a fraudulent transaction before attempting to make a further transaction using the stolen back card but that was declined. The stolen mobile phone was again tracked to the Cheetham Hill area.

Djelid had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of theft at an earlier hearing linked to this investigation.

Senior Investigating Officer Paul Davies from our Major Incident Team said:

"Firstly, I would like to commend all the victims who came forward. Without them Djelid may not have been caught and could still be prowling the streets. 

“Being drunk is not a crime. Everybody who visits the city centre should feel safe. Safe in the knowledge that they can go and enjoy themselves without fear of being attacked. 

“What makes these crimes particularly heinous is the deliberate and premeditated nature of Djelid’s actions. He would specifically seek out intoxicated individuals, often presenting himself as an upstanding member of the public, before leading them to secluded locations.

“He would then subject them to horrific sexual attacks and steal their belongings which included mobile phones and bank cards which he would then use. 

“These convictions reflect not only the severity of Djelid’s crimes but also the lasting impact they have had on his victims. Such predatory behaviour has no place in Greater Manchester, and those who feel it is acceptable to commit offences of this sort will be brought to justice.

“If you have been affected by this case or believe that you may have been a victim of Sid Ali Djelid, then please contact us on 101 or via our website www.gmp.police.uk and make a report using the ‘Live Chat’ function in the bottom right corner quoting Operation Baycliff

“All reports made to us will be fully investigated and specialist officers will be on hand to support you through the investigation.”

Rebekah Tomlinson, District Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said:

“Sid Ali Djelid is a serial sex offender who posed serious danger to both men and women – carrying out his horrifying crimes in one of the most celebrated and historic nightlife hotspots in the country.

“The way he targeted lone individuals who he believed would be vulnerable was both calculating and insidious. Having raped his victims, he also stole their property before he fled.

“Canal Street holds a special place in the heritage of Manchester and the LGBT community, and those on a night out have the right to enjoy themselves free from the fear of abuse and attack.

“Djelid’s crimes will doubtless leave a lasting impact on the victims – and my deepest thanks goes to them for supporting this prosecution. Without their evidence, this dangerous man would still be in our community.”

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THREE prison officers had to tackle a defendant who started punching a pane of glass when he was told he was being jailed.

Lewis Buckley, 27, appeared before Colchester Magistrates’ Court after he admitted one charge each of theft and failing to comply with notification requirements for sex offenders.

The court heard Buckley failed to report to a police station after he was released from HMP Chelmsford earlier this year having served a 12-week prison term for exposure.

Stuart Cowen, prosecuting, said: “This is his fifth such offence which would aggravate the matter further."

Buckley, of no fixed abode, Colchester, also stole £150 of clothes from H&M in May and was arrested after he was reported by a member of the public.

The hearing had to be adjourned briefly for a cleaner to sanitise the dock after Buckley was seen spitting into an air vent.

Referring to a pre-sentence report prepared by the probation service, Hamza Adesanu said in mitigation: “There is the usual stuff – mental health concerns, school being patchy, use of drugs and use of alcohol, and homelessness.

“He was released from custody and was overwhelmed by freedom and didn’t report to the police station.

“He has been homeless for a number of years – he has done well to be convicted as lightly as he has.

“He has been on the streets from place to place – Clacton, Colchester – and still manages to report, in the main, to a police station.”

He added: “His convictions have created a vicious cycle where work is difficult to obtain, housing is difficult to obtain – it is difficult to describe his life as anything but chaotic.”

When the bench retired to consider their sentence, Buckley launched a verbal tirade at the press bench.

He said: “You should feel ashamed sitting there. You’re a cretin – your family would be ashamed of you.”

Magistrates jailed Buckley for eight months for failing to comply with notification requirements and one month consecutive for theft from a shop.

Buckley constantly shouted at the magistrates' bench while the chair Robert Cook explained how they had reached their sentence.

After refusing to go to the cells, three dock officers wrestled Buckley to the ground before the legal adviser cleared the court.