UK Transgender paedophile used female name to breach a court order

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Transgender Offender Jailed for Repeated Breaches of Court Order Using Female Aliases

 

A transgender paedophile has been jailed after repeatedly breaching court-imposed restrictions by using female names online without notifying police. Luke Hardy, 24, who identifies as Zoe Hardy, was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court for persistent violations of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) designed to limit online activity and prevent further offences.

 

Hardy, who was referred to with female pronouns during the hearing, was originally given a community order in 2022 after being convicted of three counts of making indecent images of children. Some of these images were found to be of the most serious category and were located on Hardy’s mobile phone. As a result, a SHPO was put in place to monitor and restrict Hardy’s online presence.

 

Despite this, Hardy was found to have deleted the internet history on his phone in 2023, including removing dating apps, an action that directly contravened the terms of the court order. Later that same year, Hardy registered on an adult website using the alias “Lucy,” another breach, as this new identity had not been disclosed to the authorities as required.

 

In interactions with police, Hardy explained the use of multiple names by claiming to be struggling with sexuality and gender identity, saying: “sometimes feeling like Luke, sometimes like Lucy.”

 

The latest violation occurred in July when police carried out a home visit in Stockton. Hardy had by then been classified as a “high-risk sex offender.” Officers discovered that Hardy had again used an undeclared alias—this time “Zoe”—across multiple platforms, including a dating app, an email account, and a mobile game. Prosecutor Saba Shan told the court that Hardy’s failure to inform police about the use of this new alias constituted a further breach of the SHPO.

 

Judge Richard Clews sentenced Hardy to eight months in prison for the most recent breach, adding an extra month by activating part of a previous suspended sentence. He told Hardy: “It is appropriate to describe the breaches of the sexual harm prevention order as persistent and deliberate.” The judge also clarified that the sentence was passed on the basis that no additional harm had been caused to others as a result of the violations.

 

Hardy’s case has highlighted the complexities and enforcement challenges associated with monitoring offenders who assume multiple or changing identities. Despite the repeated breaches, authorities noted no new contact offences, though Hardy’s actions were treated as a serious and ongoing threat requiring custodial punishment.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Source The Telegraph  2025-08-07

 

 

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