The court was asked whether the powers conferred under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (‘the SOA 2003’) enable a person who is subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (‘SOPO’) to be required to wear a Location Monitoring Device, ‘a tag’, when away from the premises at which he is residing or staying overnight. The tag uses a global positioning system (‘GPS’) to identify the location of the person wearing it.
Lord Dyson MR, Beatson, Fulford LJJ
[2015] EWCA Civ 7, [2015] WLR(D) 13, (2015) 179 JP 119, [2015] 1 Cr App R (S) 60, [2015] 1 WLR 1695, [2015] Crim LR 461, 179 JP 119
Bailii, WLRD
European Convention on Human Rights 8, Sexual Offences Act 2003
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing, Human Rights
Updated: 25 December 2021; Ref: scu.541484
