Convicted sex beast moved in with woman and kid without informing cops

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A convicted sex beast ignored strict requirements put on him as he repeatedly kept quiet to "avoid detection".Matthew Nicholls showed a "flagrant disregard" of a court order when he remained silent and spent a large amount of time living with a woman at a house that the police knew nothing about.The 44-year-old admitted two offences at Hull Crown Court of failing to register his details in connection with his requirements as a convicted sex offender.Chloe Pinches, prosecuting, said that Nicholls was a registered sex offender after he was jailed for 10 months at York Crown Court in September 2019 for causing or inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity.

He had texted and sent messages to a girl on Facebook, Hull Live reports.On June 1 this year, police were told that Nicholls had been staying at a house in East Yorkshire, and that he had not notified them.

The woman who lived there was in a relationship with Nicholls and her child lived there.The woman denied that Nicholls was in the house. "He was later found to be upstairs," said Miss Pinches.

The woman had started talking to him on an online dating site and they met at her home. He had moved in and spent time there over a period of about six months.She was aware that Nicholls should have notified that he was living there, but she was trying to protect him from the authorities.