A pervert was turned in to police by his own brother after the siblings had a row.
Graeme Phillipson, was banned from keeping unregistered electronic devices after telling an undercover paedophile hunter he had "a Big Mac" in his shorts.
Phillipson, AKA Philips, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years, and placed on the sex offenders register after admitting to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child in November 2022.
A court order meant he was not allowed to keep any electronic devices capable of accessing the internet without reporting them to police. However, the 41-year-old, of Ivy Lane, Moreton, was caught with a tablet after his brother turned him in.
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He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today, May 16, where he pleaded guilty to breaching his sexual harm prevention order.
The court heard Phillipson's deception was discovered on April 17, when the tablet was discovered in his bedroom along with a mobile phone.
Miss Maxwell, defending, said: "The circumstances of the offence are slightly different. Police were called because he had been fighting with his brother, and as a result of that police attended the property and he had been taken to custody in Wirral, where his brother alerted police to the fact that he knew the defendant had been using the tablet."
Phillipson claimed he did not know he had to report the tablet, which he used for watching legal pornography and keeping up with sports.
But Judge Andrew Menary QC said: "The terms of that order couldn't have been clearer and the impact of it was explained to you by your probation manager and no doubt your solicitor as well. It prohibited any electronic device capable of accessing the internet without informing the police of it.
"And yet you have access to a tablet or laptop in April this year, and you knew that you shouldn't have had that device or been in a position to access the internet. This was a breach of the sexual harm prevention order, though I accept it was not a very serious breach."
He sentenced Phillipson to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work, and was given a curfew.
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