Barry man is sent back to prison – by MARCUS STEAD:
A convicted sex offender from Barry has been sent to prison for the second time in three months for failing to comply with requirements to inform police of his whereabouts.
Andrew Rumbelow, 42, of no fixed abode, Barry, was jailed for eight weeks in early November after he admitted failing to comply with notification requirements for the sex offenders’ register, and he was ordered to pay a £128 surcharge following his release from prison.
After serving around half his sentence, Rumbelow failed to keep an appointment at Cardiff Bay Police Station on 2nd December, where he was required to renew his ‘no fixed abode’ status within seven days of his previous signing.
At the hearing on 11th January, Rumbelow pleaded guilty to the offence and was sent to prison for four weeks.
The reasons for his imprisonment were a combination of his previous conviction and this being his second failure to comply with notification requirements.
Rumbelow’s previous convictions include a 120-day jail sentence passed in May 2007 after he admitted to Magistrates that he had failed to comply with community conditions laid down in a suspended prison sentence imposed for offences of assault, criminal damage and shoplifting.
In September 2017, Rumbelow pleaded guilty to assault by beating and he was ordered to undergo alcohol dependency treatment for nine months by Cardiff Magistrates Court. He was also fined £40 and was ordered to pay court costs of £85 along with a victim surcharge of £85.
In January 2021, Rumbelow was jailed for nine weeks after he admitted being drunk and disorderly, along with failing to surrender and failing to comply with the requirements of a community order issued for assault by beating and criminal damage.
Four months later, Rumbelow pleaded guilty to assaulting security guard Clive Lawrence during an attempted break-in at Cardiff and Vale College on Dumballs Road, Cardiff, and was sentenced to eight weeks in prison – along with an order to pay a surcharge of £128 plus £50 compensation. In October the same year, Rumbelow was ordered to pay £199 in a fine, costs and surcharge after he pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a shop display belonging to Marks and Spencer at Cardiff Central railway station.
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