A SEX offender with an 'unhealthy interest in young girls' has been handed a community order after he was caught using the internet unsupervised.

Stephen Trinder was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order at Oxford Crown Court in 2017.

The 25-year-old of Wolsey Road, Oxford, went on to admit breaching that order three times before he was sentenced at the same court today.

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He had accessed the internet which he was prohibited from doing without risk management software via an Acer Laptop and a Playstation 3 in February this year.

Rhianna Fricker, defending, said that it was the first breach of the original order.

She said the offence was 'not a minor breach but not a very serious or persistent breach.'

It was also revealed that the seized devices were analysed by experts and there was 'nothing untoward' found on them.

Trinder was handed a community order for 36 months to include 30 days of an accredited programme and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.