A Chippenham ‘medium’ deemed a sexual risk to vulnerable people has been sentenced for breaching a court order just 20 days after it was imposed.
62-year-old Clinton Devereux, of Charter Road, appeared at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on 17 November having previously pleaded guilty to the offence.
The defendant was slapped with a five-year sexual risk order (SRO) following an application by Wiltshire Police back in January this year.
It came after serious concerns were raised about his sexual conduct with severely disabled and vulnerable women was reported to the force.
It is a criminal offence for Devereux to fail to comply with any of the seven prohibitions listed on his SRO. He must not:
1. Allow any vulnerable person into or remain in his home, or any other premises or private vehicle under his control unless such vulnerable person is accompanied throughout by an approved adult over 18 years old who is aware of the terms of this order and his antecedents and permission is obtained in advance from his police managing officer and adult social care;
2. Be inside a place in which a vulnerable person resides unless such vulnerable person is accompanied throughout by an approved adult over 18 years old who is aware of the terms of this order and his antecedents and permission is obtained in advance from his police managing officer and adult social care.
3. Have contact or communicate, or seek to communicate, whether directly or indirectly with any vulnerable person other than such as is inadvertent and not reasonably avoidable in the course of normal daily life and with the advance permission of his police managing officer and adult social care.
4. Engage in any activity or behaviour that could be deemed sexual with any vulnerable person.
5. Approach any vulnerable person unknown to him other than such is inadvertent and not reasonably avoidable in the course of daily life.
6. Remain in the company of any female in any circumstances where it has been indicated to him that the said female does not wish to be in his company. This indication does not have to be direct conversation or speech, and a reasonable person would accept that such indication has been given.
7. Use any device or computer capable of accessing the internet unless you have declared it to the police, have had installed police-approved monitoring software, has the capacity to retain and display the history of internet use including in private messaging and you do not delete such history or engage any function such as ‘private’ or ‘incognito mode’.
Devereux must also make digital devices available to police for inspection on request.
The court heard that on 5 February the defendant had failed to use a device which has the capacity to retain and display the history of internet use – a clear breach of his SRO.
He was sentenced to a 12 month community order, in which is must complete 25 rehabilitation activity day. He must also pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £114.
Devereux claims to be a medium, and continues to carry out spiritual events locally.
