Sex beast Barry Fradgley jailed after looking up far-right National Front and autopsy photos

Barry Fradgley was let out last year mid-way through his 2014 11-year term for using powerful sleeping pills on his victim and sexually assaulting her.

But it took just over a month for him to breach a lifetime order to sign the sex offenders’ register and abide by a sexual offences prevention order limiting his internet access.

The 50-year-old had both set up a Twitter account, unregistered with police, and deleted 24 items from his Samsung phone’s browsing history.

When police recovered the history they found searches for far-right groups Combat 18, the British National Party, and the National Front.

Disturbing searches for abattoir and autopsy images were discovered, alongside a failed search for his police offender manager’s Facebook profile.

Fradgley had been released to approved premises Dickson House in Fareham on April 19 last year and the phone seized for checks by May 23.

Prosecutor Matthew Lawson added: ‘There were also searches “how to view someone’s online mobile phone history, anti-spying, can sex offenders use VPNs (virtual private networks) on their devices and how do I know if my phone is being monitored.”

‘It was also discovered that the defendant had been using an online alias, BarryDo, on Twitter.’

After the hearing his previous victim, who was unaware of the latest case, told The News: ‘When he's out I have to look over my shoulder.

‘It’s not a life to live. He's a vile piece of work. I have to have someone living in my home.

‘Now I know he's inside for a bit I can try and lead a normal life. He's just an animal, he's horrible.’

Fradgley’s lawyer told Portsmouth Crown Court her client claimed to be curious, and he feels ‘aggrieved’ he has lifetime orders imposed designed to stop him offending.

Bridget O’Hagan, mitigating, added: ‘It’s curiosity more than anything else, more curiosity-led than criminal.’

Judge William Ashworth jailed him for a year.

Sentencing, the judge said: ‘In my view there’s a risk of harm here because the searches you were undertaking were into areas of concern - far-right activity - the BNP, Combat 18 - also looking into imagery of slaughterhouses and autopsies.’

Judge Ashworth said Fradgley, whose address was given as HMP High Down, also ‘demonstrates a lack of sense’ after social media activity around his victim was discovered.

The judge added: ‘Most significantly for me is you were researching machinations by which you might evade those monitoring you.’

Asked if he needed to speak to his lawyer, Fradgley, who previously worked in an abattoir and claims to want to return to that line of work on release, added: ‘I’m not happy.

‘How can it be against the law for me to look at something to do with my job?’

He admitted breaching both the sex offender notification requirements and the prevention order.

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