A man from Lowestoft has been jailed for over three years for two counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order.
35 year old Simon Smith of Crown Street West in Lowestoft was jailed at Ipswich Crown Court today (11 August) to 40 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of breach of SHPO and failure on two occasions to comply with notification requirements.
He was arrested in April this year following his failure to attend a police station under the requirements of his sexual harm prevention order that he was initially issued with in March 2022. This was for three offences of making indecent images of a child and for possession of extreme pornographic images.
At court today (11 August) he was also sentenced for two counts of making indecent images of children, possession of a class B drug, namely amphetamines, and failure to answer to court as soon as practicable. For all three of these offences he entered a guilty plea.
Public Protection Manager Ali Barham said: “Smith has been evading capture by police since May 2025. It is clear from our investigations and his actions that he was extremely difficult to manage in the community as he was not complying with his requirements and committing further offences, with the risk to the public escalating. Smith is also a known drug user and this added further cause for concern. A search of his property on Crown Street West located a laptop and a Samsung phone not known to police.”
“This is a very positive sentence which will come as welcome news to local residents and the wider community. A clear and blatant disregard has been demonstrated by Smith with regards to his sexual harm prevention order as this order was put in place by the judicial system to protect the public from predators like him.”
A sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) is a court order that can be requested by the police, or court when there is a specific concern about an individual. This court order will be requested to prevent a person from engaging in a particular activity and for positive obligations, such as regular polygraph testing.