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Shocked onlookers contacted police after a registered intercourse offender was noticed ‘being an elf’ at a major college’s Christmas Fair Santa grotto. The convicted pervert, 28, who had a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), was allegedly serving to with the Christmas grotto by handing out presents like an elf does to youngsters in Warrington, Cheshire.

Cheshire Police have now confirmed the person was arrested at 3am on Christmas Eve and conditionally bailed – with the drive stressing: “He will now be held accountable for his actions.” The north west England drive have careworn that there isn’t any indication youngsters have been in danger or attacked by the younger man – nor have they given particulars about why he had a SHPO.

But it could not be the primary time a intercourse offender has used the magic surrounding Father Christmas to both entry youngsters or place themselves ready to sexually abuse girls.

Pervert Raymond Finn, 71, was convicted by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court of three counts of sexual assault after focusing on two girls whereas dressed as Santa working as a festive performer in December 2018.

The court docket was advised in 2021 how Finn had “smacked the bum” of 1 sufferer and pushed his groin into her.

He then tried to drag his physique in opposition to the second sufferer. He was handed a four-month suspended sentence and likewise given a SHPO and made to signal the Sex Offenders Register for seven years.

In this newest incident, Cheshire Police report that the “registered sex offender has been arrested following reports that he volunteered at a Christmas Fair in Warrington.”

The drive provides that: “At 7.10pm on Tuesday 23 December police were contacted by a member of the public who believed that they had seen a registered sex offender at a primary school Christmas fair in Warrington.

“The caller acknowledged that the person had been serving to with the Christmas grotto and was seen handing out presents to youngsters.”

Following the reports, a 28-year-old registered sex offender from Warrington was arrested at around 3am on Wednesday 24 December, on suspicion of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)

Following the arrest, Detective Chief Inspector Robert Pritchard, of the Sex Offender Management Unit, said: “While there have been no experiences of any youngsters being harmed, the actual fact is that the suspect mustn’t have been on the occasion.

“As a registered sex offender, he is aware of his conditions, yet on this occasion he appears to have ignored them.

“Thankfully, on account of the knowledge offered by the general public, he has rapidly been arrested and can now be held accountable for his actions.”