Warwickshire man jailed for breaching Sexual Harm Order
31 year old Joshua Ashby's been given over 10 years behind bars
A Warwickshire man's been jailed for 10 years and eight months for breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
31 year old Joshua Ashby from Rugby appeared before Warwick Crown Court yesterday (Monday 28th April).
He admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, two charges of inciting girls to engage in and watch sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual communication with a person under 16, and failing to comply with his sex offender registration.
Following an 18-month sentence and two orders imposed in October 2015, Ashby was jailed for 25 months in February 2019 after pleading guilty to breaching his SHPO and failing to comply with his sex offender registration.
As a high-risk sex offender, Ashby has been managed by Warwickshire Police's Sex Offender Management Unit (SOMU) since then.
He’s been subject to intense offender management and as a result of the work by the unit, officers were able to charge and remand Ashby in custody last year for a breach of his order where he communicated with a 13 year old child.
He pled guilty to this charge, and was subsequently sentenced on all counts.
DS Kim Stafford said: “As a team it’s our job to enforce the conditions when someone like Ashby is released into the community. By being proactive, we’ve got a prolific sex offender back behind bars.
“An SHPO is a civil order, but it was given on conviction for Ashby due to the nature of his offences. We have a number of options at our disposal to keep the public safe from sexual predators, and we use them effectively."