Known paedophile caught searching for 'little girls' online at Leeds probation building is jailed again
A convicted paedophile was caught searching for pictures of young girls online after he used a wifi code at a probation building in Leeds.
James Cole, who has lengthy history of child-sex offences and was on a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) to curb his internet use, obtained the password at Holbeck House in Holbeck.
The police were called and under the terms of his SHPO, reviewed his phone on October 18 last year, Leeds Crown Court heard.
The internet history was deleted, which put him in breach of the order, but they also found searches such as “young girls on the beach”, and “gorgeous little girls”.
They revisited him again on November 9 last year and found he had a phone which he had only bought five days previous, and again the internet search history was deleted.
Appearing in court via video link from HMP Doncaster, the 26-year-old admitted the SHPO breaches. He has seven previous convictions that include contacting children online and other breaches of his SHPO.
Mitigating, James Yearsley said Cole had suffered as a child and had been bullied and beaten at school. He said that he had ADHD, autism and PTSD.
Judge Ray Singh told Cole: “I’m afraid that despite the court imposing restrictions on you, you have persistently over the years carried on committing offences and breaching those orders.
“There was only one real reason why you would delete the internet history, to use it for illegal purposes.
“You refuse to simply comply with these order. The prison sentences will become longer and longer.”
He jailed Cole for 32 months.