The 31-year-old now faces one year in prison
A convicted sex offender went against a strict order by using a forbidden phone. Saffian Liaqat, 31, was being managed in the community by specialist officers when they visited him at his Peterborough home in August of last year.
Liaqat was forbidden from using or owning a device that was capable of accessing the internet or storing digital images without informing police under the terms of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO). The order also stated he must surrender any such device to police when asked to do so.
When officers arrived at his home last year, the 31-year-old claimed he’d lost his basic, non-internet device that was permitted under the conditions. However, officers found an internet phone belonging to him hidden at the top of his wardrobe.
A further search found Liaqat had been using it to access various social media platforms. Liaqat, of Longthorpe, Peterborough, pleaded guilty to breaching a SHPO and was sentenced to one year in prison at Huntingdon Law Courts last Friday (January 23).
Detective Constable Claire Cummings, from the specialist management of sexual or violent offenders unit (MOSOVO), said: “Liaqat showed a complete disregard for his sexual harm prevention order and notification requirements, which are in place to safeguard the public. These new convictions reflect the serious sexual risk of harm he poses.
“Our specialist officers work tirelessly to monitor and manage all registered sex offenders in the community and won’t hesitate to put them back before the courts if they discover any breaches.”
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