'One thing is clear - we won't need an app to know his location for the next month'

A man has been jailed for breaching a domestic violence prevention order imposed just FIVE DAYS earlier. Jacob Snelson's app usage revealed he had been frequently visiting his victim's address when banned from doing so.

Snelson appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday July 17, where he was sentenced to four weeks imprisonment after pleading guilty to the breach of the order imposed upon him.

The court heard that Snelson, of Pear Tree Drive, Northwich, was issued with the order, preventing him from contacting his former partner, at Chester Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 12. Among the conditions of the order, Snelson was barred from contacting his former partner and coming within 100 metres of their address.

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At the time of the breach, Snelson was also the subject of a separate order that required regular visits from police officers, in which his mobile phone would be routinely checked. During a check of his phone on Tuesday, July 16, officers noticed that Snelson had been using a location tracking app that showed the locations of his and his former partner's phone.

In a statement, Cheshire Constabulary said: "The app also logged the locations that he had recently visited. One of these locations had been saved as "home" by Snelson and had been visited earlier that day. However upon inspection, officers found that the address was not the residence of Snelson, but that of the victim whom the order against him was designed to protect.

"It was later discovered that Snelson had five other trips to the address almost immediately after the order was issued with the order less than a week prior. Snelson was subsequently arrested