Blackpool sex offender broke order and had contact with children

A Blackpool sex offender broke a court order forbidding him from having any contact with children .
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

Blackpool Magistrates said they had insufficient powers to sentence Lee Martin.

They remanded him in custody to be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on January 7.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Martin (32) of Claremont Court, admitted three breaches of the Sexual Offences Prevention Order imposed on him 16 years ago .

Blackpool Magistrates CourtBlackpool Magistrates Court
Blackpool Magistrates Court

He admitted having unsupervised contact with children , failing to give police his new address and failing to tell police he was staying for more than 12 hours at an address where children were living.

Gary McAnulty ,defending said: "He became a victim of circumstances. He had been living at Claremont Court but his apartment suffered an extensive fire ."

"He was taken in by a family who had no idea he should not be with young children."

The court heard how he took the children aged three and eight to the local shop in Blackpool and looks after them for their mother .