‘LONELY’ MODEL BREACHED ORDER BY HAVING SNAPCHAT ON PHONE
Sex offender caught using an alias online
A MODEL who was caught with child abuse images five years ago was back in court after failing to register her Only Fans account with the police.
Jodiee Hart was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in November 2017 for having indecent images of children on her phone.
Now the 32-year-old, of Spark Street, Stoke, has found herself before Stokeon-trent Crown Court over failing to register social media accounts, downloading the app Snapchat, and using an online alias, Jennifer XXX online.
Prosecutor Richard Mcconaghy said police went to Hart’s address on January 15 and looked at her phone.
Mr Mcconaghy said: “There had been a visit to the defendant a month earlier, on December 7, 2021, and Snapchat was present on her phone.
“There had been a discussion that that was a breach of the SHPO and the Snapchat was deleted.
“But the Snapchat was put back on the phone by January.”
In her police interview Hart said she reinstalled Snapchat as she wanted to talk to someone. She said she was lonely and the previous police force in Runcorn allowed her to use Snapchat.
Police continued to examined her phone and found the name Jennifer XXX. Mr Mcconaghy added: “The name had not been registered with the police.”
Hart pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders’ register and breaching an SHPO.
Her pleas were on the basis she did not think to re-register the Onlyfans account as it remained the same as when she was in Runcorn.
She also used Snapchat in Runcorn as it was acceptable to the police there and she did not hide the reinstallation of the app.
Jason Holt, mitigating, said: “For years she has been using Snapchat in Runcorn. She was under no illusion Staffordshire Police said she should not use it but she reinstalled it.
“That was more out of annoyance rather than to do something underhand. It was not for an unlawful purpose that she reinstalled it. It was because she was annoyed.”
Judge Sally Hancox gave Hart a two-year community order. She must complete a rehabilitation activity requirement for 30 days.
Judge Hancox said: “You failed to comply with notification requirements. A different name was used which was not registered. The use of Snapchat is a breach of your SHPO because it is an automatic deleting app. The app was reinstated.”
The judge made a deprivation order for Hart’s mobile phone.