April 2021 Police locate sex offender with links to Rotherham A sex offender with links to Rotherham – who was wanted by police – has been found. Thomas Braithwaite (25) was wanted for failure to comply with his Sexual Offence Notification Order. He also failed to comply with probation supervision requirements by refusing to make contact with his probation officer. South Yorkshire Police said this afternoon (Wednesday) that Braithwaite had now been located. In 2017, Braithwaite faced four counts of having sexual intercourse with a child, one of assault and one of breaching his community order