A convicted Cumbrian sex offender is back behind bars after he failed to disclose a name he used on a website following his initial release from prison.
In 2024, 47-year-old Peter Davies was handed a 28-month jail term at Preston Crown Court for sexualised online chat with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
Davies, previously of Cobden Street, Dalton-in-Furness, was actually in contact with a decoy, who had informed the defendant of that young age and gender.
Davies was sentenced after he admitted both that he attempted to cause or incite a child to engage in sexual activity, and attempted to communicate sexually with a child.
Davies was later released from custody on licence but remained subject to the tough terms of sex offender notification requirements. These placed a legal obligation on him to keep police informed of personal details and online use in a timely fashion.
But Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard today how, between September 27 and November 27, he used an online name on a swinging website which was not disclosed to officers as it should have been.
Davies admitted breaching the notification requirements and, the court heard, had been recalled to prison to serve the balance of the original 28-month sentence after committing an additional offence.
District judge Philip Holden imposed an immediate 14-day jail term for the breach, and noted that this would run alongside the prison sentence he was continuing to serve.
But the judge warned Davies that any further breaches of court orders — between now and mid-2034 — would result in further charge and, he told him: “You will end up going to prison for longer and longer.”
