A MAN rushed to hide undeclared devices when police turned up on his doorstep after breaching a sexual harm prevent order. 

Trevor Day, of Southey Green, Sible Hedingham, had been subject to a sexual harm prevention order after a conviction in 2014.

But he admitted a total of 14 charges when he appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

This included 11 charges for breaching sexual harm prevention orders. 

He also admitted one charge of possessing a prohibited image of a child and two charges of failing to comply with notification requirements.

The court heard how police officers attended Day’s address in August 2022, when he attempted to hide an iPhone and external hard drive, according to prosecuting barrister Rebecca Debenham.

She said: “[These items] were not declared; analysis discovered the various breaches listed in the individual charges.

“They also found indecent images in anime form.”

Day, 51, also admitted breaching his sexual harm prevention order by installing the apps Messenger, Kik, Instagram, Whisper, WeChat, Snapchat, and WhatsApp on his devices and engaged in conversations which “were not for the purposes of your business”.

Miss Debenham continued: “He indicated that any porn was legal but analysis has shown this was not the case.

 “This is a deliberate breach [of the sexual harm prevention order].

“These were Category D anime images, but they would have been Category A had they not been of this nature.

“It is not suitable for Day to be sentenced in the magistrates’ court.”

There was no defence offered on behalf of Day.

Concluding the hearing, magistrates’ chair Lucy Lavender set the date for Day’s sentencing in Chelmsford Crown Court.

She said: "You are being committed to Chelmsford Crown Court for sentence and you will be required to be there on February 6 at 9.30am.

“The offences are so serious that you deserve greater punishment than we can give.”

Day was also instructed to attend a police station within three days so he can provide details to the authorities before he is sentenced next month.