Sex offender lands himself behind bars by going on holiday without telling authorities
A sex offender has landed himself behind bars by going on a foreign holiday without properly informing the authorities.
Gordon Carse was put on the sex offenders register when he was given a suspended jail sentence in 2024 after he was caught with a collection of child abuse images and extreme pornography.
Newcastle Crown Court heard in March last year he told his offender manager he had planned a trip to Amsterdam.
Prosecutor Neil Pallister said: "The manager replied stating registering foreign travel has to be done in person at a police station seven days prior to travel so that the documents can be completed.
“The defendant never attended.
“The officer was later informed by the Border Force Agency the defendant had returned from Amsterdam on April 7 2025."
Mr Pallister said Carse had also failed to register his renewed passport.
Sue Hirst, defending, said Carse had told his probation officer and offender manager about the trip but accepts he did not formally attend the police station to do it, as he had been advised.
Miss Hirst said Carse's engagement with the terms of the suspended sentence order has been otherwise "satisfactory" and the trip was not for any nefarious purpose.
Carse, 46, of Westbourne Avenue, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, admitted two breaches of sex offender registration requirements, which put him in breach of the suspended sentence.
Judge Tim Gittins jailed him for 12 months and told him: "You and people like you who are given the opportunity to work under suspended sentences need to appreciate if you don't comply with the conditions they will be activated.
"I made it clear to you when you received a chance, I made it clear it was one chance I was giving you."