PAUL MIDDLETON AND LINCOLN: MOTHER'S SHOCK AS CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER STAYS OVERNIGHT WHILE CHILDREN SLEPT

A mother in Lincolnshire was left devastated after discovering that a man staying overnight at her home—while her young children were asleep—was a convicted sex offender. Mandy Bradley’s trust was severely betrayed when Michael Terry, who was prohibited from having contact with children, secretly lodged at her residence. The details of Terry's past convictions for child sexual offences only emerged when police contacted the organisation he was working for, revealing that he had violated a sexual harm prevention order by remaining at her address. Terry, who had previously been jailed for offences in Blackpool, admitted to breaching the court order and was subsequently sentenced to 20 months in prison.