A Paedophile from St Ives, Armaan Ahmed, identified by police as a significant threat to adolescent girls, has been issued a Sexual Risk Order (SRO) following a successful court ruling today (Friday, February 21).
A civil order known as an SRO can be pursued by law enforcement against an individual who has neither been convicted nor cautioned for any offence but is believed to provide a potential danger of damage.
Armaan Ahmed, 20, of Spinney Way, St Ives, has been imposed with stringent requirements to adhere to for the forthcoming five years. These stipulate that Ahmed is prohibited from:
- Contact or attempt to contact any girl under the age of 18, directly or indirectly, except as is an unavoidable part of daily life, or unless supervised by an adult with knowledge of the SRO
- Be present in any residential premises at which any girl under the age of 18 resides for more than 12 hours within any 24 hour period, unless with permission of a police officer with knowledge of the SRO
- Follow or loiter near any girl under the age of 18 in a public place
- Stay overnight at any hotel or other booked lodgings (including but not limited to bed and breakfasts, Air BnB or similar) unless he informs a police officer with knowledge of this order no later than five days prior to the arrival date and provides to that officer any required information relating to the stay
- Loiter within 20m of any educational or childcare establishment for persons under 18
- Ahmed is also further required to make any device capable of accessing the internet in his possession available for examination on request by police. This includes giving relevant PINs and passwords.
Armaan Ahmed must also:
- Inform police of all devices capable of accessing the internet within his possession within three days of acquiring them
- Inform police of any applications for employment, work or volunteering roles within three days of making the application
- Present himself at the door of any premises at which he is present on the request of a police officer
- Inform police of his current location immediately on request
- Inform police of any overnight stays at any addresses other than his home address within three days of the stay, including providing such information relating to the stay as may be required
- Inform police of any repeated contact of a private nature from any girls under the age of 18 within three days
- PC Adriana Leaver Hernandez, from the force’s Child Exploitation Hub, said: “Ahmed has shown he is a high risk sexual predator who targets and exploits vulnerable girls and women in the community, with multiple reports made against him.
“This order is necessary to prevent further sexual harm to other children and protect women and girls. We are committed to protecting children from exploitation and preventing others coming into such harm.
“We would strongly encourage anyone with any concerns that a child may be being exploited to report this to the police and local authority.”
An SRO is similar to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), in that it imposes restrictions on an individual with the intention of managing that risk of harm.
Breach of the conditions of an SRO is a criminal offence, punishable by up to five years in prison.
It is a registerable offence and makes the individual a Registerable Sex Offender for the duration of the order.
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