A sex offender has been jailed after he went on holiday with an unsuspecting single mother without telling her about his past.
Tadhg Goodwin failed to tell police he was staying at the woman's home and he defied the rules of the sex offenders' register by applying for a passport and going to Turkey on holiday with her without permission.
He also lied to supervisors on a sex offenders' course by claiming he was a single man and failing to tell them about his new relationship.
His contact with children was tightly controlled because he was on a suspended sentence from Plymouth Crown Court for sending indecent images of himself to an 11-year-old girl and trying to meet her for sex
Goodwin, aged 37, originally of South View Terrace, Plymouth, but now living at Innerbrook Road, Torquay, admitted four breaches of the sex offenders register and was jailed for a total of ten months by Judge Erik Salomonsen.
The sentence included the partial implementation of the nine months jail which was suspended by Judge Graham Cottle in Plymouth in March 2013 after he admitted inciting an 11-year-old girl to sexual activity.
The Judge told him there was no option to jail because Goodwin would not be allowed back on the course where supervisors considered him to be arrogant, deceitful and unwilling to learn.
He told him:"You would have needed the support of the probation service if you were to avoid custody today. They feel you failed to make progress on the sex offenders' programme."
Mr Jonathan Barnes, prosecuting, said Goodwin breached the sex offenders' register by living with partner and away from his home address without telling the police, applying for a passport, and going on holiday to Turkey.
He said he started a relationship with a woman in Plymouth who had sons aged 11 and 17, who had friends of their own age of both sexes who visited them at home.
He never told the woman about his conviction and lied to her about being on a sex offenders' treatment programme.
He was thrown off the course when staff found he had been deceitful by telling them he was single lying about his new relationship.
Mr Barnes said Goodwin went on holiday to Turkey with his partner and her son, who was aged 12 by that time. He said:"He obtained a passport and they flew together to Turkey."
Mr Kevin Hopper, defending, said Goodwin had not committed any more offences and there had been no complaints about his behaviour towards any children he met.
He said he lied to both his supervisors and his new partner because he feared she would throw him out if she learned the truth.
He said:"Being honest would have meant an end to the relationship. If he had been honest to those running the course, she would have been notified. He was scared that would happen. As soon as she became aware of his conviction, the relationship ended in quick time."
