Convicted child sex pervert breached Order banning him from leaving Lancashire


A SEX offender working for the RAC breached a court order which banned him from leaving Lancashire for even a day without telling the police – and which was described by a judge as ‘very odd and bizarre’.

Burnley Crown Court was told Jason Kolignion was jailed for three years at Sheffield Crown Court on March 28, 2012 for sexual activity with a girl under 16 in Rotherham in 2010.

He had also received an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) which prohibited him from leaving the police force area in which he was living, unless he informed a nominated officer.

But Kolignion had been been working for the motoring organisation, standing outside service stations, trying to attract new members to join.
That work and further employment had taken him to Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and he had not told Lancashire police.

Kolignion is now back behind bars, after being recalled on licence. Judge Beverley Lunt gave him 28 days in custody for flouting the SOPO, but suggested he take legal advice about the order.

Kolignion of Lydia Street, Accrington, admitted leaving the force area where he lived without contacting the nominated officer, on August 19 and September 2 and had been committed for sentence by magistrates. He was in court on his 44th birthday.

Prosecutor Stephen Parker said police monitoring Kolignion went to his address on September 3. His phone and car sat nav showed he had left the area on a number of occasions.

He was arrested on suspicion of breaching his SOPO and claimed he had been unsure of the terms.

The defendant said police had seen him on an earlier occasion, but he could not recall a discussion about the terms of the order.

He said he had worked for the RAC for eight weeks, but had given it up about five weeks before. Kolignion said he had got further employment which had taken him to Bradford, Skelmersdale, Manchester and Leeds and he had not told the police. Mr Parker added the order was ‘very restrictive’.

James Heyworth, for Kolignion, said: “What he appears to be doing, at the time of the breaches, is undertaking legitimate employment. He wasn’t going to these locations with the intention of committing further offences. He has accepted that puts him in breach.”

Judge Lunt said: “The idea he can’t drive across the border I find very bizarre. He should perhaps be applying to the court to look at the SOPO again.”

A company spokesman said: “It is a requirement for all candidates to make a full disclosure of any criminal convictions. The individual falsely claimed to have no previous convictions however it is our policy to carry out a full criminal record check on all self-employed direct sales agents.

“As soon as we received the criminal check we acted immediately to terminate his agency agreement and removed all company property from his possession. He worked for us for less than three weeks.”