SEATON DELAVAL PAEDOPHILE ROBERT TAWS SENTENCED AFTER SLEEPING WHERE CHILDREN LIVE

In December 2019, a disturbing case emerged involving Robert Taws, a known sex offender from Seaton Delaval, who was found to have violated the strict conditions of his sex offenders' registration. The incident came to light after Taws, who had recently been made homeless due to the exposure of his collection of illegal images depicting children, was allowed to stay at a friend’s house for a week. This friend, despite being aware of Taws’s criminal background and his previous conviction, permitted him to sleep in his residence, which was particularly troubling given that the house was occupied by three children.

Details of the case revealed that Taws, aged 29, had been placed on the sex offenders' register earlier in the year following a conviction for possessing indecent images. His legal obligations included notifying police of any change of address or if he intended to stay at a particular location for more than 12 hours. However, on September 11, police officers discovered that Taws was