A SEX OFFENDER FROM MANSFIELD HAS APPEARED IN COURT AFTER POLICE DISCOVERED HE’D BREACHED AN ORDER BANNING HIM FROM DELETING HIS INTERNET SEARCH HISTORY.
In 2017, 72-year-old Paul Kiszel was convicted of producing indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornographic material, resulting in a community order.Additionally, he was placed on the sex offenders’ register and subject to a sexual harm prevention order that forbade him from deleting his internet search records.
During a surprise visit to his home in March 2022, police officers examined his computer and discovered that he had been disregarding this restriction.
Kiszel was taken into custody and questioned by officers from Nottinghamshire Police’s MOSOVO unit, which oversees the management of violent and sex offenders.
A detailed forensic review of his device uncovered more than 700 images of extreme pornography related to humans and animals, though no children’s images were found.
The resident of Daniel Crescent in Mansfield later admitted to breaching his sexual harm prevention order and to possessing two counts of extreme pornography.
At Nottingham Crown Court on 25 January, he was sentenced to a ten-month prison term, suspended for 21 months, and ordered to participate in rehabilitation programs.
Nottinghamshire Police will continue to perform ongoing surveillance.
Detective Constable Lisa Torrance highlighted that Sexual Harm Prevention Orders are critical tools used during sentencing to protect the community and to impose strict limits on offenders’ actions.
These orders carry significant weight and are actively enforced by police.
As Kiszel has now learned, failing to comply with them results in serious legal penalties.
