📍 MICHAEL BAGNALL / BRADSHAW – NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM
- Aliases: Michael Bagnall, Michael Bradshaw
- Location: Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
- Age: 36
- SHPO in Place Until: October 2034
🔴 OFFENCES & SENTENCING
🗓️ October 2024 – Snapchat Grooming Attempt
- Used Snapchat under a fake name to contact a police decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl
- Claimed to be 14 from Newcastle
- Sent 7 explicit videos of himself performing a sex act
- Attempted to call and involve her in explicit activity
🔒 Sentence:
- 19-month suspended sentence (for 18 months)
- 200 hours of unpaid work
- 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days
- Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) imposed until October 2034
🗓️ 2025 – Breach of SHPO
- Failed to declare a new mobile phone hidden under his mother’s mattress
- Used Telegram while under the influence of drugs (“sniff”)
- Deleted internet history from the device
- Failed to begin unpaid work or complete substance misuse programs
🔒 Sentence:
- 23 months in custody
- 15 months from the original sentence activated
- SHPO remains in force until October 2034
📌 NOTE
Judge Nathan Adams stated that Bradshaw had “spurned the opportunity” he was given and had deliberately breached the court’s orders.