Wednesday, May 6, 2026
A registered sex offender has been jailed for breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
When police visited Mark Klein’s home in Blackburn in April last year, his phone was checked and found to have the Snapchat app on it.
That was in breach of one of the conditions of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order which was imposed on him in 2013 and remained in place.
While on court bail for that breach, Klein (pictured) was seen again by officers in March this year.
He refused to show them his phone, saying that he didn’t have it in his flat.
When the flat was searched, Klein’s phone was found on a bedside table and had been used shortly before the officers arrived.
This again breached his Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
Klein, 59, formerly of St Michael’s Court, Blackburn, appeared at Preston Crown Court for sentence last week.
He had pleaded guilty to two breaches of his Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
The judge jailed him for 21 months.