PAEDOPHILE JAILED AFTER POLICE FIND INDECENT IMAGES ON HIS PHONE
A convicted paedophile has been jailed after police made a disturbing discovery while looking through his phone.
Officers from the Internet Child Exploitation team paid a routine visit to David Hawkyard, a registered sex offender, in July 2025 but when they went in, he was acting suspiciously and delaying handing over his mobile devices.
He was arrested on suspicion of breaching his sexual harm prevention order and when detectives from the ICE team examined his devices, indecent Images of children were identified.
Detectives secured three charges of making indecent images of children, and one charge of a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order against Hawkyard, and he was remanded into custody.
Hawkyard, 24, of Lady Acre, Bamber Bridge, admitted the charges and was sentenced at Preston Crown Court this week to 21 months in prison.
He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) which will allow police to closely monitor his activities online following his release.
Detective Constable Pippa Jackson, of the South ICE team, said: “We believe Hawkyard poses a significant risk if his behaviour continued to escalate and we welcome this sentence.” The purpose of the ICE teams is to investigate offenders committing online child exploitation offences within Lancashire to safeguard vulnerable children.
The team acts on information where indecent images of children have been uploaded to the internet.
Police said that online child abuse is a crime that "affects all our communities and has a significant impact on children that are exposed to it".
The force said it is determined to do all it can to prevent it and continue to investigate offences where children are targeted and exploited online.
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Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first name
26.5%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
26.5%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
against Hawkyard, and he was remanded into custody. Hawkyard, 24, of Lady Acre, Bamber Bridge, admitted the charges and was sentenced at Preston Crown Court this week to 21 months in prison. He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Pr...
Prison sentence
A convicted paedophile has been jailed after police made a disturbing discovery while looking through his phone
Court order
He was arrested on suspicion of breaching his sexual harm prevention order and when detectives from the ICE team examined his devices, indecent Images of children were identified
Court order
Detectives secured three charges of making indecent images of children, and one charge of a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order against Hawkyard, and he was remanded into custody
Prison sentence
21 months
Hawkyard, 24, of Lady Acre, Bamber Bridge, admitted the charges and was sentenced at Preston Crown Court this week to 21 months in prison
Court order
He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) which will allow police to closely monitor his activities online following his release
