Leeds bus stop sex offender back in court just days after walking free

Patrick Rybar has appeared in court again

A sex offender who flashed people at a bus stop found himself back in court just days after his last appearance.

Patrick Rybar, 24, was handed a sentence suspended for 18 months after admitting to sexually assaulting a female and two counts of exposure. All offences took place at the same bus stop, Leeds Crown Court heard on Wednesday, October 14.

Rybar was also made the subject of notification requirements.

Prosecutor Thomas Harris said Rybar, of no fixed abode, last appeared to be sentenced at the court on August 19 this year - and found himself at the city's magistrates' court just five days later.

Mr Harris told the court: "He is required by law to register with the police and his monitoring police station was Elland Road. Part of his notification requirements were that he had to register his address or as being of no fixed abode within three days [of his sentence].

"He had not registered and was arrested on the 22nd of August at around 3.50pm. During his arrest a small bag of cannabis and a half-smoked joint were found. In custody, he was searched and found was a small bag of white powder - amphetamine - was found. He was interviewed and admitted the offences."

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Rybar then appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court on August 24, where he admitted failing to comply with notification requirements and two counts of possession of a class B drug.

His barrister said the failure to comply with notification requirements was "not deliberate" and he had sought out accommodation from housing options and was trying to get together his passport and documents and ran out of time before registering an address with police.

His Honour Judge Simon Batiste extended Rybar's suspended sentence to 21 months and made him the subject of a 12-month conditional discharge.

He told him: "You have this suspended sentence imposed and it is still hanging over you...If you don't comply with the conditions of this, you will be brought back in breach and the likelihood is you will be locked up.

"So it's in your hands. You will be released today, but you need to make sure within three days you need to tell the police where you're living, even if you're homeless you need to tell them where you are.

"You need to make sure you tell the Probation Service where you are and attend all of your appointments."