A Taunton sex offender is back behind bars after being found with a 13-year-old boy - just three days after being released from prison.

Police arrested 44-year-old Graham Brown (pictured) on January 28, after finding him with a boy in a pub in Taunton.

When Brown was released from Exeter Prison on January 25, having served a five-year sentence for breaching a Sexual Offender Prevention Order, police placed a series of restrictions to stop him associating with children, and kept a close watch on him.

A police spokesman said: “Mr Brown has been the subject of detailed discussions under the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements, with partner agencies including police, the probation service, local authorities and prison service involved.

“Brown's history was such that there were serious concerns among the MAPPA partners that he might present a considerable risk to the community.”

The Crown Prosecution Service told the County Gazette that Brown had an extensive list of previous convictions, including 14 sexual offences between 1981 and 2005, most of them involving indecent exposure or gross indecency.

Chief Superintendent Daimon Tilley said: "We put into place a number of arrangements in time for Mr Brown's release, in order to minimise the risk to other people.

"It was as a result of some excellent police and probation work that Mr Brown was arrested and put back before the courts."

At Taunton Crown Court on Friday, Brown was jailed for 32 months for breaching his SOPO by being in contact with the child.