KIM RAMPLEY SENTENCED IN WARRINGTON FOR BREACHING SEX OFFENDER ORDERS
A 68-year-old man with a lengthy history of sexual offences and non-compliance was convicted of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) at Warrington Bus Station.Kim Rampley, who has been on the Sex Offenders Register since 2002 and was previously jailed in 2006 for sexually assaulting a girl, was found loitering at the bus station while intoxicated on August 21.
According to Liverpool Crown Court, a PCSO responded to a call around 1pm reporting a heavily drunk man being refused travel permissions at Warrington Bus Station.
Prosecutor Simon Duncan explained, "He observed the defendant for some 10 minutes, staggering around, clearly heavily drunk, having soiled his trousers with urine." Police arrested Rampley at the scene; however, he was not interviewed due to his drunken state.
Rampley, of Grange Avenue, Latchford, Warrington, admitted to breaching his SHPO and a suspended sentence.
Duncan highlighted that Rampley has an extensive criminal history, including repeated breaches of court orders, drunkenness, and sexual offences such as exposure, outraging public decency, and indecent assaults.
Notably, in 2006, he was sentenced to eight months in prison for sexually assaulting a girl under 15.
Upon release, he was subjected to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO), the predecessor to the current SHPO, banning him from approaching women on public transport or at stations.
Just an hour after his 2006 release, Rampley targeted multiple women blowing kisses and staring at two frightened 17-year-olds on a bus, then harassing two 13-year-olds in school uniforms at the bus station.
He also approached a woman at the nearby railway station, staring at her and pointing at her breasts.
These breaches led to an eight-month jail sentence in October 2007.
Further offences include a three-year sentence in 2010 for attempting to initiate a sexual conversation with a teenage girl on a train from Liverpool Lime Street, and another three-year sentence in 2012 for trying to engage three teenage girls in sexually explicit conversations at Sandbach train station.
Prosecutor Duncan stated that Rampley had breached these orders a total of 11 times.
In March 2020, Rampley was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, after breaching his SHPO in circumstances nearly identical to his recent offence at Warrington Bus Station, while intoxicated.
Additionally, in February, he received a community order for another breach involving similar circumstances.
Defense solicitor Kate Morley argued that incarceration was the only solution, saying, "The simple solution to the problem of Mr Rampley is to keep him in prison." She explained that his recent breaches were more about public nuisance than sexual misconduct, attributing his behaviour to chronic alcoholism and age he is 68 and stating, "at 68 it's unlikely that's going to change." Ms Morley described Rampley as "not a well man," who preferred to avoid medical treatment, and added, "The sad fact is drinking alcohol is his only real pleasure in life." She detailed his personal history, noting his close bond with his mother, who died in 1995, after which he lost his way.
Rampley, who first offended at age 46 in 1999, also turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Ms Morley emphasised that Rampley wished to express his remorse and hoped for a better future, saying, "Mr Rampley is embarrassed by his criminal record and wants the court to know he has good intentions for the future." The court was told that Rampley would retain his home during incarceration and had ceased drinking, with considerations underway for medical treatment.
Ms Morley suggested that subsequent adjustments to his SHPO might be necessary, especially since his recent breaches were of a public nuisance nature rather than sexual offences.
Judge Recorder Ian Unsworth, QC, addressed Rampley directly, stating, "You must be under no illusion that the SHPO in respect of which you have come before this court remains in place and when you're released from custody, you're still subject to it." He highlighted Rampley’s history of non-compliance and poor conduct record.
Ultimately, Rampley was sentenced to 30 weeks in prison just under seven months.
