Woman jailed for breaching Sexual Harm Prevention Order
Samantha Franklin sentenced to 50 weeks in prison at Swindon Magistrates Court
A 35-year-old woman has been jailed for 50 weeks after breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order just days after it was issued.
Samantha Franklin, of Cove House Gardens, Ashton Keynes, had received the order on 8th December 2025, alongside a suspended prison sentence, after pleading guilty to creating hundreds of child sex abuse images.
Franklin was arrested again on 13th January 2026 and charged with five separate breaches of the order. She appeared at Swindon Magistrates Court the following day, where she pleaded guilty to all charges.
Franklin was sentenced to nearly a year behind bars and ordered to pay a £187 surcharge.
Official response
Detective Constable Jason Walsh, of the Child Internet Exploitation Team, spoke following the sentencing.
“I am really pleased that Franklin has been given a prison sentence – she has continued to offend since she was sentenced in December by breaching the terms of her sexual harm prevention order,” Walsh said.
“She has shown a total disregard for the court system and seems to have totally underestimated the seriousness of her own offending and the SHPO she was issued with.
“I hope she spends her prison sentence reflecting on the crimes she has committed – there is no place in society for people who behave in this way.”