June 2020 Sex offender flouted court order five times A convicted paedophile who admitted flouting a court order five times and having banned electronic devices has had his sentencing delayed. Robert Trafford had already admitted five counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order. He pleaded guilty to breaches involving the possession of electronic items he was forbidden from having without authority. The 41-year-old of Swift Close, Oxford was set to be sentenced for those breaches yesterday. At a brief hearing held at Oxford Crown Court the case was adjourned while further investigations are carried out. Presiding Judge Ian Pringle QC agreed to postpone the case and Trafford will appear again at the same court on July 1. Trafford was first made subject to the court order by Oxford Crown Court on August 27 2014 when he was caught with more than 6,000 indecent images organised into different folders — 225 of which were in the highest category. The breaches for which he is to be sentenced all took place on January 8 this year at his Oxford home. He faces three counts of possessing a smart phone without authority as well as a Smart TV and an Xbox 360 gaming console. Trafford also had a computer without risk management software at another Oxford address. September 2014 Police found 6,000 images of child abuse on computer A pervert blamed his ex-girlfriend’s son after his stash of indecent images of children was found on her computer. Robert Trafford’s former partner took her computer to Cash Generator in Oxford last year to unlock the password Trafford had left on it. But staff found sexual photographs of children and went to the police who found more than 6,000 indecent images. Trafford admitted nine counts of possessing indecent images of children between March 2012 and March last year and was jailed for 18 months at Oxford Crown Court last Wednesday. The 35-year-old, formerly of Nightingale Avenue in Greater Leys, had blamed the images on his partner’s son before he came clean to police, the court heard. William Eaglestone, prosecuting, said Trafford had more than 6,000 indecent images organised into different folders — 225 of which were in the highest category. Judge Peter Ross, sentencing, told Trafford: “At this very moment – in order to feed the perverted sexual desires of people like you – there are children around the world being abused in the manner depicted in the images you sought.” Trafford was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register and banned from accessing the internet on devices without restrictive software installed.