Stephen Bear Gets 24 Weeks for 5 Sex Offender Register Breaches After Brazil Trip
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 14
Stephen Bear Gets 24 Weeks for 5 Sex Offender Register Breaches After Brazil Trip
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 14
Summary
24 weeks in prison were imposed on Stephen Bear after he admitted five counts of failing to comply with sex offender register notification rules.
Brazil posts exposed the breach: prosecutors said Bear filmed himself on a beach and boasted police would not catch him, despite being required to declare foreign travel.
The court heard he also failed to report his return to the UK within three days and did not notify police about a new passport and two bank cards obtained during the trip.
Bear, 36, is already in custody after being jailed a day earlier for breaching a restraining order that barred him from posting online about ex-partner Georgia Harrison.
The registration requirements stem from his 2023 conviction for sharing a private sex tape of Harrison, for which he received a 21-month sentence.