Teen sex offender jailed for child communication

Ryan Walker has been given a 14-month youth detention order

A teenage sex offender has been jailed after he was found to have communicated with a child.

Ryan Walker, 18, was given a 14-month youth detention order at Carlisle Crown Court on Thursday.

The court heard Walker, who pleaded guilty to the offences, had engaged in sexual communication with a child and had caused a child to watch an indecent image.

He had also failed to comply with notification requirements of the sex offenders register.

Det Con Anna Ritson, from Cumbria Police, said Walker's phone was seized as part of the investigation and undeclared accounts found.

"Officers located a number of online usernames and a new passport which had not been notified to police by Walker, who was well aware of his notification requirements," she said.

“Also located were messages exchanged between Walker and a child.”

She added: "Our main priority is to protect vulnerable people from sexual harm and we work hard to monitor and manage people who are subject to such orders."