Second Registered Sex Offender jailed after being caught by Live Facial Recognition

​A second Registered Sex Offender has been locked up after being caught by Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology.

Officers were alerted to Phillip Loxam (28/01/1969), of Edgeley, Stockport, when the vans were deployed in the town centre on 12 February this year.

When approached by officers, he was questioned and detained for a number of offences, including having software on his phone to conceal its internet history.

He was also found to have a concealed second unregistered mobile phone, which was located on his person after his arrest.

Loxam was jailed for 20 months when he appeared at Minshull Street Crown Court on Friday (13/3/26) when he admitted three breaches of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

He was previously sentenced to a 20-month prison sentence in July 2024 for seven breaches of his SHPO.

Earlier this month, John Thompson was jailed for 16 months after admitting to a total of 35 breaches of his SHPO and a breach of his sex offender notification requirements.

Thompson had also been on our watchlist and was spotted by one of the LFR cameras in Piccadilly Gardens on 28 January.

There has been a total of 53 arrests since we started deploying LFR in October 2025, 11 of which have been RSOs.

The vans have been supplied by the Home Office and will be used by forces across the north west.