October 2014 Convicted Lincoln sex offender jailed for breaching ban from contact with young children A convicted sex offender who broke a court order banning him from contact with young children has been jailed for 12 months at Lincoln Crown Court. Simon Wells was arrested after police received a tip-off that he was holidaying at a Mablethorpe caravan park. Wells admitted he had been staying in a caravan with other people including a number of young children. He also admitted using the swimming pool at the caravan site. Alistair Munt, prosecuting, said that Wells had been made the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order by Lincoln Magistrates in June 2008 which banned him from contact with young children and from entering areas likely to be used by children such as swimming pools and play parks. Wells hid the fact that he was under an order from the group he was staying with but he was spotted at the caravan park by someone who knew of his past. Mr Munt said: “A telephone call was received from a member of the public who called the police to advise them that Wells, a known sex offender, was on the site.” Officers visited the site to find that Wells had left and returned to Lincoln after telling people his mother was “poorly” and he needed to return. Wells was later arrested at his mother’s home and confessed he spent five days at the caravan site. He admitted he should not have been there. The court was told he was convicted in 1990 and again in 1992 of sex offences against young girls. At the time of both sets of offences Wells was also a juvenile. Wells, 38, of Walford Drive, Lincoln, admitted breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order in August this year. Recorder Tracey Lloyd-Nesling said Wells had tried to hide his past and had shown deviousness. She told him: “I am of the opinion that this is a matter that is so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence is appropriate.” Clementine James, defending, said Wells had not committed any sexual offences for a long time and should be regarded as a low risk. “He is aware that he shouldn’t have been on the site. “He said he went on the holiday due to pressure that was put on him. He bitterly regrets that he succumbed to that pressure.”