JOEL WILSON

BEDFORD MAN JAILED FOR BREACH OF SEXUAL HARM PREVENTION ORDER

Joel Wilson, 34, of St Michaels Road, Bedford has been jailed for 14 months and had a court order extended, after being found guilty of breaching the conditions of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

On 11 July, Wilson, who is also a registered sex offender, was arrested after visiting a woman he was forbidden to contact and assaulting her.

Then on 18 July, whilst on bail, he was arrested again for drinking alcohol in a public place in Bedford town centre, in direct breach of the SHPO he received when previously convicted.

At Luton Crown Court on 21 December he was sentenced for 14 months and received a further four months each for the assault and for the public order offence of street drinking, these will run concurrently.

He must also pay a victim surcharge.

Investigating officer, PC Gareth Underwood, said: “Wilson’s behaviour has now resulted in him breaching his court order.

He clearly didn’t learn his lesson from his initial conviction, and has now received a further jail sentence.”