Bishop Auckland man acting suspiciously arrested at court

Damian Vayro was due to attend Peterlee Magistrates’ Court for a Sexual Risk Order (SRO) hearing when security guards spotted him tucking away a paper receipt on Wednesday (June 3).

The 18-year-old’s behaviour resulted in police officers finding a Sim card holder and the receipt for a new mobile phone and he was arrested and held in custody overnight.

Joanne Bullock, prosecuting, said: “He has removed items from his pockets and a security officer noticed he was acting suspiciously.

“He was folding up a receipt for a new mobile phone and a new Sim card holder were also placed in the security tray and it was established that he was in breach of his interim sexual risk order.

“A mobile phone was then found at his home address which was identical to the one he had the receipt for.”

Ms Bullock said all of the offences took place between May 21 and June 3 this year.

Vayro, of Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, pleaded guilty to four breaches of his interim SRO when he failed to register a new mobile phone, deleted messages on social media, accessed Facebook messenger, Instagram and Snapchat.

Lucy Redshaw, mitigating, said there was no evidence of any sexual contact recovered from the device but her client accepted he had breached the terms of the order.

She added: “He is someone who has a complex background. He is 18 and is someone with his own vulnerabilities.

“He has a low IQ and potential learning difficulties.”

William Unsworth, the chairman of the magistrates’ bench, adjourned the case until June 26 to allow time for a full pre-sentence report to be compiled on the teenager.

He was released on conditional bail until his next court appearance.