Locations
Union Road, Southampton, City Of Southampton, SO14
Description
A convicted sex offender has been jailed for breaching the terms of his court order.
Carl Bray, 46, of Union Road, Southampton, was convicted in October 2023 of attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child.
As a result he was given a 15 month sentence suspended for 24 months and placed under an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
In September, officers examined his electronic devices to check he was complying with this order.
Officers found he had been downloading social media applications Snapchat, Telegram, TikTok and Zangi, using them to communicate online with unknown people, and then deleting them again to hide the evidence.
A search of his property was conducted and officers found two further devices he was not permitted to have.
Bray was charged with breaches of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order and breaches of Sex Offender Register requirements. He was sentenced today (18/11) to 21 months imprisonment at Southampton Crown Court.