SOUTHAMPTON SEX OFFENDER'S TABLET SEIZED AS HE IS FINED
A sex offender has been fined thousands for searching the internet anonymously on his tablet.
James Ryan, 79, of Hillside Avenue, Southampton, appeared at Southampton Crown Court on January 27 to be sentenced after admitting three breaches of his a sexual harm prevention order (SPHO).
He breached the order on December 30, 2024, in Southampton by searching using the engine DuckDuckGo, which does not retain or display internet search history, on a Lenovo tablet on December 30, 2024 and on January 15, 2024.
He also deleted Snapchat from his Lenovo tablet, something he is also prohibited from doing under the SHPO.
The order was originally made on February 2, 2017, at Oxford Magistrates' Court.
Judge Bill Mousley KC sentenced Ryan to 16 months in prison, suspended for two years.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first name
38.1%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
38.1%
Surname region
Europe
Ireland
32.5%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
under the SHPO. The order was originally made on February 2, 2017, at Oxford Magistrates' Court. Judge Bill Mousley KC sentenced Ryan to 16 months in prison, suspended for two years. He has also been fined 2,000. The Lenovo tablet was or...
Court order
James Ryan, 79, of Hillside Avenue, Southampton, appeared at Southampton Crown Court on January 27 to be sentenced after admitting three breaches of his a sexual harm prevention order (SPHO)
Court order
He also deleted Snapchat from his Lenovo tablet, something he is also prohibited from doing under the SHPO
Prison sentence
16 months
Judge Bill Mousley KC sentenced Ryan to 16 months in prison, suspended for two years
Suspended sentence
two years
Judge Bill Mousley KC sentenced Ryan to 16 months in prison, suspended for two years
