Sex offender ‘failed to comply with order’

A convicted sex offender has appeared in court accused of failing to comply with strict requirements imposed upon him following his release from jail. Michael Hughes, 48, failed to sign on at his local police station last December and to maintain contact with a supervising officer. When his lawyer Antonia Gray advised him to admit the offence of failing to comply he grumbled ‘I don’t want to’. Ms Gray said: ‘Mr Hughes, as I explained to you, you are expected…