A paedophile who breached a sexual harm prevention order and had a burner phone containing indecent images of children has been jailed for 16 months.

Euwyn Draper, 21, of Goat Street, Haverfordwest, appeared at Swansea Crown Court for sentencing last Thursday, September 26.

Draper had previously been convicted for making and distributing indecent images of children. Last April he was given a six month suspended sentence and ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

He was also made subject to a 10 year sexual harm prevention order which banned him from having any internet enabled devices not registered with the police, from deleting any internet history or applications, and from holding any social media accounts under other names.

The defendant told the police that he only had an Xbox and a mobile phone that were capable of accessing the internet. He was advised to delete his second Instagram account – which was under an anonymous name – and his Snapchat account due to the app deleting messages.

At an earlier hearing the court was told that between May 5 and July 10, the e-safe software on Draper’s phone flagged up multiple screenshots where the Snapchat logo was visible on the device bar, and the defendant was twice using the app.

Draper admitted to police that he had had Snapchat on his phone and then deleted it.

On a visit to Draper’s home, officers spotted a phone charger lead going under his pillow. They found a second secret phone with accounts that matched those on Draper’s registered phone.

He told the police that this was an old phone which he had ‘forgotten’ about and he didn’t think it worked.

Across his devices, officers found eleven indecent images of children. Seven of these were the most serious Category A images. There were also three Category B images, and one Category C image.

At the previous hearing, Prosecutor Emily Bennett said that these images had all been created in November and December 2023– before the imposition of the sexual harm prevention order.

Draper admitted three charges of breaching a sexual harm prevention order and four offences of making indecent images of children.

At the previous hearing it was said in Draper’s defence that since April, there had not been time to carry out the rehabilitation work needed to prevent further offending of this type.

“He now acknowledges he has an unhealthy interest and a compulsion to view the material,” said defence barrister Dan Griffiths.

The court heard that Draper had spent two months in custody, and had now been evicted from his home.

On Thursday Draper was sentenced to 16 months in prison for breaching the order and for making indecent images of children.