A SEX offender who disappeared from Burnley for 13 months and turned up in Liverpool has been jailed for 12 weeks by magistrates.

An appeal was launched by police when it was established Dilshad Miah had not met his annual registration requirements and failed to notify Lancashire Police he had changed his address.

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Miah, of Eastern Avenue, Burnley, was convicted of a sexual touching offence in 2013. He was required by the court to sign the sex offenders’ register for seven years.

Miah admitted failing to comply with his notification requirements between December 27, 2014, and January 15, at Liverpool, failing to comply with his annual registration requirement on December 3, 2014, and breach of a suspended sentence order.