Registered sex offender sent back to prison

A 26-year-old registered sex offender has been sent back to prison after he breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Myles James Winfarrah, previously of Northampton, was convicted in 2019 of sexual assault against a woman.

He was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register as a result and issued with a SHPO, meaning that he had to abide by some very strict conditions when he was released from prison.

However, in March 2024 he breached his requirements when he had sex with someone without notifying the police of their name, address and telephone number within seven days of the event.

He was also found to be developing a relationship with the same woman without notifying the police of her details as well as failing to notify police of an address where he had stayed for a period of 12 hours or more where a child resided.

Then, in September, he again breached his requirements by failing to have registered at a police station within three days of leaving prison.

He was arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of breaching his SHPO and two counts of breaching his notifications requirements.

After pleading guilty to the offences at Northampton Crown Court in November, he returned to the same court in December where he was sentenced to one year and two months in prison.

Lead investigator PC Lauren Slinn, from Northamptonshire Police’s MOSOVO Team, said: “I hope this result provides some reassurance to our communities as to how closely registered sex offenders are managed and monitored when they are released from prison.

“Any breaches of their conditions will be dealt with robustly and we will always seek a return to prison in these cases.

“In the MOSOVO Team, we are all very passionate about what we do and we will continue working hard to ensure anyone like Myles Winfarrah who wilfully breaches the conditions set out to protect others, are sent to prison.”