A pensioner and registered sex offender is to be sentenced by a crown court judge for committing a new offence by failing to tell police about a new bank card he was sent.
During the early 2000s, Paul Denman, now aged 74, was handed a prison sentence for three indecent assaults committed against a female child.
As part of this punishment, Denman was ordered to sign the sex offender register and comply with notification requirements to keep police up to date with his personal details and financial information.
Denman was brought back to court last year, when a judge imposed a community order after the defendant admitted viewing online images which showed children being sexually abused.
And Denman was in trouble again when a police offender manager and probation officer made a pre-arranged visit to his home late last year.
During that visit, Denman produced a building society debut card which he had been sent through the post but failed to log with police as he was legally obliged to do.
At Carlisle Magistrates’ Court today, Denman admitted failing to comply with the notification requirements – between August 1 and December 15 – by telling police about the card within three days.
A defence solicitor told magistrates Denman had been sent a new card for an existing account at a time when he had a great deal going on in his life.
Magistrates heard Denman, of Margaret Creighton Gardens, Carlisle, heard the offence was committed in breach of the community order which was imposed last year. They sent Denman’s case to Carlisle Crown Court.
He is due to be sentenced on May 15, and in the meantime has been granted bail.
