June 2022 Christchurch sex offender breaks court order for second time A sex offender who failed to comply with a court order for the second time has received a suspended prison sentence. Kevin Anthony Hincks, 46, has been subject to a sexual harm prevention order since April 2019. This set out a range of activities he was banned from doing and restrictions around certain conduct. Hincks, of Draper Road, Christchurch, was alleged to have breached the sexual harm prevention order by having two internet enabled mobile telephones without notifying the relevant police officer on May 4. The defendant pleaded guilty to the single charge when he appeared in the dock at Poole Magistrates’ Court on June 8. Magistrates committed the offender to prison for 24 weeks, suspended for 12 months. The matter was deemed to have crossed the custody threshold as it was a second breach of the order and there had been a failure to engage with probation. The suspended sentence included a 12-week overnight curfew, while orders were made to pay a £128 surcharge and £85 costs. April 2019 Sex offender who tried to chat to child is ordered not to travel without telling police A sex offender has been ordered not to travel without telling police at least a fortnight before he goes. Kevin Hincks, of Draper Road in Christchurch, appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court last week to admit intentionally attempting to communicate with a child for sexual gratification. The offence was committed on dates between December 27 2017 and November 17 2018. The 43-year-old was sentenced to a community order, under which he must comply with an accredited programme for 35 days and a rehabilitation activity requirement for 30 days. He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for a decade, under which he is banned from a range of activities, including deleting his internet history, having an unsupervised contact with a child and travelling outside of England and Wales without providing at least 14 days’ advance notice. Hincks must also register with the police for five years.