Last Updated 03:43:52 UTC Friday, November 13, 2020

UK — Northampton, England. Seven days after release from prison, an individual with a lengthy rap sheet of sexual offenses has been returned to custody for violating conditions of release.

Chloe Walker, a 28-year-old male drifter who identifies as a woman, lures victims online using various aliases, including Brandon Walker, Steven Walker, James Walker and Jamie Thornton. The individual’s 22 convictions since 2006 include a charge of Sexual Assault Of A Child Under 13 against a male victim and Sexual Activity With a Child Under 16 against a female victim.

In March 2018, while serving a 10-month prison sentence for a separate sexual offense, Walker was put on trial for violating a 2016 sexual harm prevention order forbidding the use of the name Jamie Thornton to communicate with a victim on Facebook.

Walker was referenced with feminine pronouns throughout the trial under orders of District Judge Tim Daber. The judge sentenced Walker to an additional 18 weeks behind bars for breach of the sexual harm prevention order. However, the court heard that Walker was scheduled to be released the next month, and had already lined up a job and taxpayer-funded housing. Judge Daber expressed faith that Walker could be reintegrated into the community, and suspended the 18-week sentence.

Walker was required to pay £115 costs and an £85 surcharge. Judge Daber additionally ordered Walker to register all pseudonyms Walker would be using online with police prior to using them.

Seven days following the April 3 release, Walker used the name Jamie Thornton to communicate with a female victim for nearly two months. Confronted by law enforcement with evidence of the new Facebook profile, Walker confessed the activity to police and later before Northampton Magistrates Court.

A judge order Mr Walker to serve out the 18-week prison sentence that was previously suspended. Walker will also serve an additional 20 weeks for the two new offenses.

Court records note that the socially recluse is a habitual user of cannabis, cocaine and other illegal substances, and suffers mental health issues stemming from autism.

UPDATE 03:43:52 UTC Friday, November 13, 2020 by Diana Shaw

Walker has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for three new guilty pleas.

The most recent release was in January 2020, with a sexual harm prevention order requiring Walker to keep police apprised of the current home address and any mobile phone numbers.

In May, Walker texted a supervising police officer that there would be no further compliance with the communication requirement, and he would be changing his name back to Brandon Walker. Walker then blocked the officer.

Police who went to Walker’s residence found it abandoned and left in “squalor.”

Walker was arrested in June after strangers saw a missing person appeal for a young woman who was in Walker’s company, and contacted Northamptonshire Police. The strangers had cared for Walker and the younger woman in Derbyshire Village, believing them to be homeless.

He pleaded guilty to two breaches of a sexual harm prevention order and one of failing to tell police of a new mobile phone number. Barrister Chantelle Stocks blamed her client’s behavior on a three-year wait for a gender-affirming clinic appointment, combined with the stress of lockdown intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Walker is required to serve half of the 10-month sentence before being eligible for release.

He has breached a 2016 sexual harm prevention order three times per year in 2016, 2018 and 2019, and has served several prison stints for the breaches.