Lee Ramsay

Lee Ramsay, 41, formerly of Parliament Street, Morecambe, appeared at Preston Crown Court where he was sentenced to a total of four years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to six indecent images offences and eight offences of breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Ramsay had been made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in January 2024. In July and October of the previous year, his offender manager from Lancashire Police seized the mobile phones he was using at the time. Examination of the devices revealed more than 3,000 indecent images, many featuring children, including 1,159 of the most serious Category A images.

The phones contained browsers with built-in private search facilities and software featuring a VPN, enabling Ramsay to hide or disguise his identity online. His SHPO prohibited him from having such software on his phone and from using any form of video or audio streams unless pre-authorised by police. He was found to have used a live streaming service without authorisation.

PC Sam Wilkinson of the Management of Sexual Offenders and Violent Offenders team at Lancaster Police said: “Ramsay was found with thousands of disgusting images on his phones and breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order by having various forms of software on his phone. He disregarded the order imposed on him by the court but was caught out by our team making unannounced visits to monitor his behaviour. I welcome the prison sentence handed out, it shows that possession of indecent images and breaching orders put in place by the court, will not be tolerated.”

The case was reported by the Lancaster Guardian on 13 May 2026.