Ben Champion, a Medway Paedophile, who breached his sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) has been jailed.
Ben Champion was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court in 2020 of making indecent images of children and was made subject of a court order that placed strict conditions on his behaviour indefinitely.
These included restrictions preventing unsupervised contact with children, notifying the police if he stayed at a new address for more than seven days and retaining his internet history for inspection by officers.
On 18 April 2024, constables attended Ben Champion’s registered home and found he had been residing at a different property.
Their enquiries also found Ben Champion had been in contact with children and had deleted some of the internet history on his phone.
Ben Champion, of Old Road, Chatham, was arrested and charged with multiple breaches of his sexual harm prevention order between March and April.
Ben Champion pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court, and on Tuesday, 17 September, the 31-year-old was jailed for two years and eight months.
Investigating officer PC Areolito Gashi said:
‘We regularly visit registered sex offenders living in our communities to monitor their conduct and ensure they are complying with any court conditions that are in place to prevent further crimes. In this case, once we found Champion had not been staying at his address, we swiftly tracked him down and discovered he had breached further restrictions on his conduct.
‘In this way, we endeavour to protect the most vulnerable in our community, and where any breaches are discovered, they will be arrested and brought back to the court to answer for their actions.’
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