Warwick man jailed for breaching order given after he had sex with two 13-year-old girls

A young man who had sex with two 13-year-old girls on the same night has been jailed after repeatedly breaching a community order he was originally given for the offences



Lewis Walker finally ran out of chances when he appeared at Warwick Crown Court after constantly ignoring court orders.

Walker, 21, of no fixed address, but previously of Saltisford, Warwick, had originally denied two charges of sexual activity with a child.

But when he was arrested on a warrant after failing to turn up for trial, he changed his pleas to guilty, having earlier admitted two offences of making indecent images of children.

In April last year he was given a three-year community sentence and ordered to take part in a sex offender programme for up to 100 days and a rehabilitation activity for 40 days.

He was told it was only because the offences took place in 2015 that he was not being jailed.

But since then he has been back before the court on a number of occasions for repeatedly failing to comply with various aspects of the order.

On the last occasion he was given a final chance by the case being adjourned for him to be assessed for a place at a probation hostel in Leamington.

But at the resumed hearing, Judge Anthony Potter was handed a report which showed Walker had been involved in an altercation with another resident who he had threatened.

And the judge observed that of 44 appointments made for him during the course of the order, he had attended just 11 – and had not engaged with the Horizon sex offenders’ programme.

Jailing Walker for four months, Judge Potter told him: “The order was imposed in April last year for two offences of sexual activity with a child and two of possessing indecent images of children.

“You are a young man who, in my judgement, has no interest in protracted compliance. The court has been left with absolutely no option.”

It's laughable that he wasn't given a custodial sentence to begin with

The legal system has become a joke now imo.