Man jailed after breaching SHPO - Hampshire

A 42-year-old man has been jailed after breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) at Aldershot Railway Station.

 

Oliver Shoesmith (D.O.B 14/2/1982) was originally jailed for 36 months back in 2018 for exposure and sexual assault.

 

He was released from jail on 15 August under the terms of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which prevented him from travelling on the railway while intoxicated and that he had to purchase a ticket to travel.

 

But he was jailed again last week after breaching the order by not only travelling on a train intoxicated and without a valid ticket but also for exposing himself. He was also charged with failing to comply with his notification requirements as a Registered Sex Offender.

 

He was sentenced to 28 months in prison on Friday 25 October at Winchester Crown Court.

 

The court heard how, on Wednesday 4 September at around 11.30pm, officers responded to reports of a man exposing himself on board a train at Aldershot Railway Station.

 

Shoesmith was found to be intoxicated and deliberately exposing himself to passengers.

 

Investigating officer DC Ewen Roberts said: “This should act as a stark warning to anyone considering breaching a SHPO, we will catch you. Instead of choosing to learn a lesson from his first prison term he now faces another lengthy stretch behind bars.”