Man Jailed For Breaching Sexual Harm Prevention Order

A man arrested in Market Harborough after being confronted by on-line paedophile hunters has been jailed for 22 months for breaching the terms of his licence.

Nigel Clapton was handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence last July for causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and made subject of a ten-year sexual harm prevention order.

He was arrested after members of the Children’s Innocence Matters group carried out an on-line sting operation before visiting his home and alerting Leicestershire Police.

Nigel Clapton has been jailed Pic: Northants Police

Clapton flouted the strict rules of the order by possessing a mobile phone without telling police, opening a social media account in another name, ignoring an instruction to set his device to retain internet history for as long as possible, and deleting his search history.

The 46-year-old formally of Market Harborough and more recently of Market Hill, Rothwell, pleaded guilty to five contraventions of the order when he appeared at Northampton Crown Court.