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Former BBC Presenter Peter Rowell Jailed for Breaching Sex Offender Reporting Rules

The case shows how long-term reporting rules for convicted sex offenders are enforced through fresh criminal penalties.

Overview

  • Peter Rowell, 67, received a 29-week prison sentence at Newport Magistrates' Court after he admitted two breaches of his notification duties.
  • The court was told he stayed for more than 12 hours at a property where a person under 18 was present, which violated his conditions.
  • Prosecutors said he also failed to tell police he had traveled to Pontypridd and did not report an address where he stayed for seven days or longer between November and March.
  • Rowell has been required to tell police where he stays, including addresses with children, since his 2012 sentence placed him on the sex offenders register.
  • He was jailed in 2012 for 12 indecent assaults on five girls and six counts of making indecent images, and the sentencing judge said he used minor celebrity to lure victims to his studio.