GREGORY MOSEDALE

2017: SEX OFFENDER GREGORY MOSEDALE JAILED FOR DEFYING WORCESTER COURT

A SEX offender with a history of violence has been jailed for repeatedly disobeying court orders.

Gregory Mosedale, who appeared at Worcester Crown Court via videolink from HMP Hewell, had already been convicted of breaching a restraining order when he fell to be sentenced on Friday.

The 26-year-old, previously of Lower Chestnut Street, Worcester but now a serving prisoner, was found at his partner's home on February 6 this year by police.

This placed him in breach of a restraining order made on August 11, 2011, and a suspended sentence order made at Worcester Crown Court on November 17 last year.

The sentence was 18 months suspended for 24 months.

Charles Hamer, prosecuting, said Mosedale's partner said she and her child were the only people in the house but the defendant was found in a rear hall and arrested following a police search.

Mr Hamer added: "There is a proven history of violence." Mosedale has 15 convictions for 33 offences, including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, battery, and sexual assault.

Sukhdev Bisla, defending, said: "He takes full responsibility for his foolish decision to have contact on that day.

He has been in custody since February 7.

There is no suggestion of physical or psychological harm towards the victim." The judge, Recorder Justin Wigoder, indicated that if his partner wanted contact, she could arrange through a solicitor to have the restraining order lifted, but suggested she might be under pressure.

He emphasized the importance of obeying court orders and reflected that the breach was grossly aggravated by his disobedience.

The sentence included activating 12 months of an 18-month suspended sentence plus 6 months for the breach, making a total of 18 months.