Man returned to prison thanks to the Northampton Clear Hold Build team

A 25-year-old man who breached his prison licence conditions is back behind bars thanks to the Northampton Neighbourhood Policing Clear Hold Build team.

On September 23 this year, officers patrolling the Bouverie area of Northampton, which is currently the focus of a Clear Hold Build project, stopped and searched Richiro Riviere-Frederick, who was found to be in possession of cannabis and a mobile phone.

Further checks found that Riviere-Frederick was also subject to a Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO), which had various conditions attached to it, including the requirement to 'possess, use or control' only one mobile phone at any one time.

In addition, the password or PIN must be provided immediately at the request of a police officer, but when officers asked him for this, he deliberately gave a false detail which corrupted the data.

He was arrested for the drug offence and breaching a SCPO, and during his formal police interview, he admitted using an additional mobile phone, which led to a further offence of breach of an SCPO.

At Northampton Crown Court he pleaded guilty and on November 5, was sentenced to 12-weeks imprisonment.  Following the new conviction, he was recalled to prison to serve the remainder of his original nine years and two months sentence he received in 2020 for drug supply offences.

Northampton Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant, Tor Lindsay, said: "This was a really positive outcome following the diligence of neighbourhood officers who were carrying out targeted patrols in the Bouverie area of Northampton, which is currently the focus of a Clear Hold Build project.

“Clear Hold Build is a three-phase approach that sees crime and anti-social behaviour, offenders and their associates cleared from an area through targeted investigative and enforcement activity, with support and information from the public being crucial to its success. We also work closely with the local council, schools, housing and other community partners.

“We’ve been focusing on the Bouverie area for the past six months and high-visibility policing to prevent and disrupt criminal activity is a hugely important part of our work. On this occasion, a routine stop and search resulted in identifying a convicted offender who was blatantly breaching the terms of his licence, having been released from prison where he was serving a sentence for a serious offence.

“The arrest and charge of Riviere-Frederick and his subsequent recall to prison is another success in helping to clear our streets of crime and criminals, and we remain determined in our efforts to pursue and bring to justice those who break the law and cause the most harm to our communities.”