A HMP Holme House Paedophile sex offender, Ethan Vickers, was only out of prison for a few days before contacting the “vulnerable” victim of one of his previous crimes, a court heard.
Ethan Vickers was made subject of several prohibitions as part of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) imposed when he was jailed in October 2023.
Durham Crown Court was told they included not deleting the internet history on any device, and not using any alias on social media without the approval of his public protection officer.
But in late February this year, shortly after he was released from prison, police learned he had been in contact with a “vulnerable” 17-year-old woman in the area.
Victoria Lamballe, prosecuting, said it was the same victim of his offending in 2023, when she was aged 15.
Ethan Vickers was expressly told not to contact her when he was released from prison on February 20.
Appearing by video link from HMP Holme House, where he has been on remand, Vickers, who turns 21 on Friday (July 11), and said to be of no fixed abode, admitted two breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Miss Lamballe said Ethan Vickers has four previous convictions for 15 “all directly relevant” offences.
These included inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity, possessing indecent photos of a child, and seeking to meet a girl for sex.
Offences of sexual communication with a child, in breach of a SHPO, led to him receiving a 28-month prison sentence and the further indefinite order, in October 2023.
But in August last year Ethan Vickers received a further eight-month sentence for more indecent images offences.
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