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Convicted sex offender sentenced to two years for failing to inform gardaí of his new address

Summary

A man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaching sex offender notification requirements. Ian Bissett, aged 28, was convicted following trial of failing to inform gardaí of a change of address within the required seven-day period between July and August 2011. The sentence is to run concurrently with another custodial term he is currently serving. Bissett had been released from prison in June 2011 after completing a five-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault. Court heard he was homeless and relocated to Limerick without notifying gardaí as required under the Sex Offenders Act. He told gardaí he failed to comply because he was "homeless and fed up." The defendant has an extensive criminal history spanning 22 previous convictions. His release date on the concurrent sentence is scheduled for August 2016. Ian Bissett pleaded not guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Convicted sex offender sentenced to two years for failing to inform gardaí of his new address. Charges or matters: failing to notify gardai of his change of address within seven days on dates between July 13 and August 19, 2011; the offence last month following a trial. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty

When:

• July 13 Incident
• August 19, 2011 Incident
• June 21, 2011 Incident
• September 2005 Incident
• September 2, 2011 Incident
• July 21 Incident
• August 24 Incident
• October 2011 Incident
• August 2016 Incident
• 2014-11-26 Publication

Why: He said in October 2011, Bissett was arrested and told gardai that the reason for the breach of the requirements was because "I suppose I had a warrant and didn't want to get lifted on it. CNI source report

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Read the original CNI report