A sex offender has been sent to jail after he was found with a vulnerable missing teenager on several occasions in Peterborough.

Tai Mitchell, who is 22, was previously handed a Child Abduction Warning Notice (CAWN) by a judge on January 30, which barred him from having any contact with the teenager after she was repeatedly found with him.

She was reported missing by her carers.

However, in February, the vulnerable teen was reported missing on three consecutive nights.

On the final occasion, she was found inside a tent with Mitchell at the Embankment in Peterborough City Centre on February 27.

Mitchell then pleaded guilty to knowingly and without lawful authority keeping a child away from the responsible person, as well as failing to notify police a change of address within three days.

He is required to do this as he is on the Sex Offenders Register, and he failed to inform Cambridgeshire Police that he'd moved from Eastfield Road to Lincoln Road on February 23.

Mitchell had previously been placed on the register for ten years in February 2021 after he was jailed for sexual offences against children.

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Mitchell, of Lincoln Road, Walton, Peterborough, appeared at Peterborough Crown Court on Tuesday, April 30, where he was sentenced to 28 weeks in prison.

PC Alex Neill, who investigated, said: “CAWNs are a way of disrupting contact between a vulnerable child and a predatory adult.

“We believe the girl was at risk of harm through her association and inappropriate relationship with him, repeatedly going missing from her care placement and being groomed by him.

“Once Mitchell is released from prison, he will continue to be monitored by our specialist team who manage sex offenders in the community and robust action will be taken against him should he continue to pose a threat to young women.”