A SEX offender from Oxford has been sentenced for using an alias name which was not disclosed to police.

Shawn Evans-Norris, 29, of Taggs Gate, Oxford, was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison suspended for two years for failing to comply with the requirements on being on the sex offender’s register.

He was put on the register in in 2016 for using a fake Facebook profile to get girls, aged 14 and 16, to send him half-naked photos.

READ MORE: Council ‘shocked and disappointed’ by fire left burning in countryside park overnight

In between July 9 and August 8 last year in Wiltshire, Evans-Norris was caught using an alias name he had not told the police about.

He pleaded guilty last month and was sentenced at Swindon Magistrates' Court on Monday (18).

Evans-Norris must also carry out 60 hours of unpaid work within the next year and pay a victim surcharge cost of £128.

-

Read more from this author

This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford, Wantage and Didcot.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

Follow her on Twitter @Geeharland

A message from our Editor

Thank you for reading this story and supporting the Oxford Mail.

If you like what we do please consider getting a subscription for the Oxford Mail and in return we’ll give you unrestricted access with less adverts across our website from the latest news, investigations, features, and sport.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok for more. 

You can also join the conversation in our Facebook groups: stay ahead of traffic alerts here, keep up to date with the latest from court here, share your favourite memories of Oxford here, get your daily dose of celebrity news here and take some time out with news that will make you smile. 

If you’ve got a story for our reporters, send us your news here. You can also list an event for free here.