A man was yesterday (Aug 4) jailed for eight years for attempted sexual communication with a child.
Kirk Gibson, 37, of Fowling Lane, Kendal also breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and had two breaches of notification requirements.
He was given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order; he also has notification requirements to police and remains on the sex offenders register.
On 4 June 2025, officers received a report that Gibson had been in contact with a decoy using an alias.
He was attempting to engage in sexual communication with the decoy which was a 13-year-old girl.
Gibson was arrested on 4 June and a search carried out at his home address. A phone was located in a laundry basket; this device was not registered with the police and breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)requirements.
The device was seized and conversations found between Gibson’s alias and the decoy.
A spokesperson for Cumbria’s Management of Sexual & Violent Offenders (MOSOVO) team said: “Gibson was aware of the conditions of his sexual harm prevention order, which he disregarded by communicating with a child and concealing devices in order to do so.
“Gibson poses a risk to children and we would like to reassure the community that we will continue working hard to identify any further offending by Registered Sex Offenders in the community, and bring those engaging in this criminality to justice.
“Cumbria’s MOSOVO team are committed to managing sexual offenders and will take a zero-tolerance approach against anyone found to breach the terms of these preventative orders.”