A MAN has been sent to jail for 12 weeks after he logged on to a computer without permission from a police officer.
Adrian Thomas, of Robert Street, is the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and must not access a computer without permission.
Last Monday (Feb 4), Thomas entered the job centre in Milford Haven and logged on to one of the computers.
He appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday (Feb 5) to plead guilty to a charge of breaching that order.
Prosecuting, Mr Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the Court: “Mr Thomas was made subject of a sexual harm prevention order on August 3, 2017 and there were a number of conditions attached to this.
“One of those states that he is not allowed to access any computer equipment capable of getting access to the internet. There is an exception that he is allowed to use a pc if he has got permission from a police officer.
“On Monday, he asked a member of staff if he could use the computer, they said it was ok for him to do so and he used it for about five minutes.
“The purpose of the order is to prevent him gaining unauthorised access to the internet. He has clearly breached the order, it is not known what he was doing.”
Defending, his solicitor added: “This is a minor breach, he used it for five minutes and he used the pc to check his benefit status. There was no access to a pc other than at the job centre.
“He accepts that he shouldn’t have gone on the computer and understands the seriousness of breaching the order. He has done wrong and he should not have breached it.
“He has now secured a flat with the help of the police so he can be safeguarded at that flat.
“He has had threats on social media because of previous offences and I would ask that if you are thinking of a custodial sentence, that it be kept as short as possible so that he can return to his flat and be managed further upon release.”
Magistrates sent Thomas to prison for 12 weeks and he will also have to pay £85 court costs and a £115 victim surcharge on his release.
