A paedophile was jailed after breaching a court by downloading Snapchat onto his phone. He had been banned from using the app after committing sex offences against children.
Robert Mellon, 54, of Newport was convicted of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and was sentenced to a community order. He was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) which required his electronic items to be monitored and banned him from using software which would delete internet history.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard officers attended Mellon's new home in Church Road at 11am on January 11. They asked to look at the defendant's Samsung phone but when they searched the device they discovered the Snapchat app had been downloaded.
