A man from Morecambe has been jailed after thousands of indecent images were found on his mobile phone.
Lee Ramsay was made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in January 2024.
In July and October last year, Ramsay was visited by his offender manager from Lancashire Police and both times the mobile phone he was using at the time was seized.
When the phones were examined, more than 3,000 indecent images were found – many of which featured children - of which 1,159 were of the most serious Category A images.
His phones were found to have browsers which had a built-in private search facility which meant browser information wasn’t kept.
Software had been installed which featured a VPN and enabled him to hide or disguise his identity online.
Ramsay’s SHPO prevented him from having those on his phone, and he was also prohibited from using any form of video/audio streams unless he had pre-notified police and been authorised to do so.
But he was found to have used a live streaming service on the phones without authorisation.
Ramsay, 41, formerly of Parliament Street, Morecambe, appeared at Preston Crown Court for sentence having pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to six indecent images offences and eight offences of breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
He was jailed for a total of four years and four months.
PC Sam Wilkinson of the Management of Sexual Offenders and Violent Offenders team at Lancaster Police, said: “Ramsay was found with thousands of disgusting images on his phones and breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order by having various forms of software on his phone.
“He disregarded the order imposed on him by the court but was caught out by our team making unannounced visits to monitor his behaviour.
“I welcome the prison sentence handed out, it shows that possession of indecent images and breaching orders put in place by the court, will not be tolerated.”
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