Sex offender failed to tell police about new address

A registered sex offender breached a court order by failing to tell police he had moved to a new address and was staying with children. 

Andrew Batty, 41, did not notify officers he had been living at a property in Woodston, Peterborough, where two children also lived.

Batty had been placed on the Sex Offenders Register in March 2009 after being convicted of two counts of rape at York Crown Court.

He was told he must tell police about any address he stayed at for seven days or more in a 12-month period and any address he stayed at for 12 hours or more where a child resides.

Batty was found to have breached these requirements after officers were called to a domestic incident on 28 May.

He fled but was arrested in Lincoln on 13 August.

On Friday (29 November), at Cambridge Crown Court, Batty, of West Parade, West Town, Peterborough, was jailed for 10 months having pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to comply with Sex Offenders Register notification requirements.

PC Alex Neill said: “We enforce notification requirements because of the danger sex offenders can pose to the public.

“Batty knew full well he should have told us about the new address where children were also living so it’s good news he’s now in prison.”