Febuary 2013 Serial sex offender banned from mixing with anyone under 18 A CONVICTED serial sex offender has been banned from associating with anyone under the age of 18 after his release from prison. Gary Dover-Afflick,  now living at Cuthbert House, Gateshead who has been described as a Fagin-style Satanist, was given an indefinite sexual offences prevention order (SOPO) at Teesside Magistrates Court this afternoon (Monday, February 11). The 47-year-old was released from prison last year after serving a 12 month sentence for breaching a previous order. He was arrested in September after giving police a false name and being continually seen with young men. September 2012 ‘Fagin-style sex offender’ is jailed again A Satanist branded a “Fagin-style sex offender” is back behind bars after local residents mounted a campaign to keep local children safe. People living in Billingham, Teesside, used Facebook to warn others about the whereabouts of convicted child abuser Gary Dover-Afflick, 47, who once sparked a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared. He was jailed at Teesside Crown Court last week for failing to notify the police that he had changed his name after he gave an officer an unregistered alias. Temporary Detective Chief Inspector Jason Dickson, of Cleveland Police’s Vulnerability Unit, said: “Cleveland Police have worked closely with residents and partner agencies to address concerns raised in relation to Dover-Afflick. “Registered sex offenders living in the community have a number of restrictions placed upon them including the requirement to notify the police of any change of name or address. “These offenders are closely monitored by officers from the Public Protection Unit. “The close monitoring of this individual led to breaches of his notification requirements being discovered and his prompt arrest and return to custody.” Dover-Afflick moved to Billingham after serving a sentence for blackmail, supplying drugs and indecent assault on vulnerable boys aged between nine and 14. He had given wayward youths shelter in squats, then offered them drugs and lectured them about Satanism and kept them in line by dishing out beatings and sexual assaults. After the 1997 court case he was dubbed in reports a “Fagin-style sex offender” and officers warned the public not to approach him when he disappeared on his release from prison in 2007. At his court appearance last week, he revealed he was of no fixed address and admitted breaching a court order implemented to protect the public. He will be sentenced later this month. His worrying presence in Sunnybrow Avenue, Billingham, led locals to hold a number of meetings with police. Locals claimed children were prevented from playing in the streets and some were too scared to visit the sweet shop in case they bumped into him. Grandmother Margaret Adam told the Evening Gazette newspaper: “We were just disgusted by it, but the police just couldn’t do anything. It was just disgusting.” June 2012 Satanist sex offender arrested in Stockton over court order breach A FAGIN-STYLE sex offender, who once sparked a nationwide manhunt, has been arrested for breaching a court order designed to reduce the risk of him re-offending Gary Dover-Afflick, a sex offender, drug dealer and Satanist, was convicted for a string of offences on children in 1997 at Bristol Crown Court, where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Yesterday, the 46-year-old, of Cheshire Road, Stockton, appeared before Teesside magistrates charged with two breaches of his sexual offences prevention order. He is accused of failing to notify police he had moved address and deliberately giving a false name when he was stopped during a routine search by police. Tahira Bourchier, prosecuting, said Dover-Afflick was charged with failing to notify the police he had not been living permanently at his address during a three month period up to late May. He is also accused of giving a police officer a false name when he was stopped while walking along Norton Road, Stockton, on June 7. During the short hearing, Dover-Afflick did not enter a plea and no bail application was made as a suitable address was not available to the court. His solicitor, Lee Goodchild, said his client was charged with serious offences by using a deliberate policy of avoiding contact with police over a long period, but did not wish to enter a plea to the charges A manhunt was launched in 2007, when he went missing after being released from prison, where he was serving time for blackmail, supplying drugs and indecent assault. Bristol Crown Court heard how he selected rootless youngsters, usually between nine and 14, and offered them shelter in squats and flats. He gave them drugs, lectured them about Satanism, and kept them in line with a series of beatings and sexual assaults. Dover-Afflick was released from HMP Garth, in Preston, and was due to attend Millgarth Police Station, in Leeds, but failed to turn up, sparking the nationwide search.