Description A sex offender has appeared in court days before Christmas - dressed as an elf.Janiel Verainer was allowed to sit next to a helper in the public gallery rather than in the dock at Maidstone Crown Court.The 60-year-old was dressed in a red and green seasonal outfit, together with a woollen cardigan with a Santa Claus badge, and a red and green elf-like cap.As Verainer - who was addressed as she throughout the 15-minute hearing - walked into court, together with a helper, bells jangled from the costume.Thumb-sucking Verainer, of High Street, Chatham, admitting a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.Judge Philip St-John Stevens heard that between December 18, 2019, and January 31 this year Verainer approached two children.He was told that the incidents - which involved kissing the girls on the lips - was in breach of an order imposed at Canterbury Crown Court in November 2016 - which meant Verainer had to stay away from children.Details of the breaches were not outlined in detail before the judge adjourned sentence until February 25 next year for a probation report to be prepared. A psychiatric report has already been done.Three other charges of failing to comply with the SHPO will remain on file.At an earlier hearing - appearing in pigtails and sucking a dummy - Verainer had denied the charges.In November 2016 Verainer was given a ticking off from a judge - after sitting in the dock during a case hugging a large doll.Judge Adele Williams told defence barrister Paul Hogben: That is totally inappropriate and I make it plain she will not be doing that for the rest of the hearing.On that occasion Verainer, asking to be called Jorven Seren and claiming to identify as a five-year-old girl, was jailed for 15 months for kissing a girl outside a cafe in Thanet.Then living in Grotto Hill, Margate, indecent images were also found on Verainer's phone.At the time psychiatrists concluded the defendant had personality problems but no mental health issues.