A REGISTERED sex offender has appeared in court accused of installing a private web browser and deleting the internet history from a device.
Christopher Topliss, 35, faces four charges of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and one charge of failing to comply with notification requirements of the Sex Offenders’ Register.
Topliss is accused of installing a private browser on three occasions between February and March 2022 and deleting the internet history from a device in his possession by installing and uninstalling numerous applications and their contents on or before June 15, 2023.
It is also alleged that he failed to declare numerous aliases to police within three days, which he is required to do as a registered sex offender.
Topliss, of Ennerdale Road, Cleator Moor, did not enter any pleas when he appeared at Workington Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
The case was sent to Carlisle Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing on August 25.
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