A sex offender from Whittlesey – described by police as a ‘complete danger to children and to the community’ – has been jailed for 10 years. Robert Norman of Drybread Road, Whittlesey, pleaded guilty to 8 charges when he was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court, last Friday.
Norman, 41, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children, three counts of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and one count each of breaching notification requirements and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
DC Claire Cummings said: “Noman is a very dangerous prolific offender; he is a complete danger to children as well as the wider community and he has complete disregard for the law by continuously breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
“I am pleased with the sentence which Norman received, this sends out a clear message that we will look to protect children and the vulnerable from harm.”
The court heard he had made more than 1,700 indecent images of children.
Police arrested him in January 2024 after being told he had downloaded indecent images of children.
The officers seized two Samsung mobile phones and a hard drive, which were found to contain 1,716 indecent images.
The phones contained evidence Norman had been speaking sexually to whom he thought was a ten-year-old girl and passing her details to other potential sex offenders.
Norman had also breached a Sexual Harm Prevention Order – handed to him in 2015 following a conviction for indecent images of children – numerous times.
He had not informed officers about one of the Samsung mobile phones capable of accessing the internet, which was hidden under a pillowcase, and handed the other phone over.
Norman also used the internet to speak with the girl and deleted the web history from all devices which was also a further breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
In addition, he failed to inform officers of new online usernames – a breach of his Sex Offender Register Notification Requirements.
In 2017 Norman, already a registered sex offender, was found with thousands of indecent images of children on three separate devices. He received a community order.
He kept the images on his phone, laptop, and a USB stick.
The devices were found to contain 7,414 Category C images, 127 Category B images and 69 Category A images (the most severe)
In 2019 he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children and breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and was sentenced to a three year community order, 60 days Rehabilitation Activity Requirement and five years on the SHPO.
