Sex offender avoids jail after breaking court orders again

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 06:00 · Archive

A man convicted of child sexual assault has avoided jail despite admitting to breaking court orders for a second time.

Phillip Jackson, aged 39 and currently living in St Annes, Bristol, appeared at Swindon Magistrates' Court on 14 October and admitted to breaking his court orders again. He has not been jailed.

Jackson was convicted in 2019 of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl on two separate occasions. He denied the charges, forcing the child to give evidence at trial when she was eight years old. He was unanimously found guilty and sentenced to 10 months in prison. He was placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years and given a 10-month Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

In May 2025, Jackson breached his court order, leading to a suspended sentence and what the court described as his "one last chance" to comply.

At the October hearing, the court heard that Jackson failed to notify police when he left his Wiltshire address and moved in with a woman in Bristol. He also failed to attend probation appointments. The prosecutor told the court: "He is a registered sex offender and he is currently subject to a suspended sentence order." Police discovered his location after contacting Just Eat, which provided his phone number and confirmed his Bristol address.

Jackson declined the offer of a free solicitor to represent him in court.

How it is being reported

• 'Remorseless paedophile' avoids jail again after breaking ordersA paedophile who forced his eight-year-old victim to stand trial has now appeared back in court and avoided jail.Gazette & Herald · 16 Oct, 05:00
• 'Remorseless paedophile' avoids jail again after breaking ordersA paedophile who forced his eight-year-old victim to stand trial has now appeared back in court and avoided jail.Swindon Advertiser · 16 Oct, 05:00
• 'Remorseless paedophile' avoids jail again after breaking ordersA paedophile who forced his eight-year-old victim to stand trial has now appeared back in court and avoided jail.Wiltshire Times · 16 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Phillip Jackson · Swindon Magistrates' Court · Bristol · Wiltshire

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