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Stephen Bear jailed over sex offender breaches
Stephen Bear, pictured arriving at court on 6 August for sentencing for admitting breaching a restraining order
Reality TV contestant Stephen Bear taunted police by "bragging" he was on a beach in Brazil while he breached his requirements as a sex offender, a court has heard.
He was not on the run during the trip last year, but under the rules of his registration requirements he was ordered to tell authorities about foreign travel.
Bear, 36, admitted five counts of failing to comply with the register notification requirements at Thames Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison.
He is already in prison having been jailed on Thursday after admitting breaching a restraining order that banned him from posting online about his ex-partner Georgia Harrison.
A new photograph of him was released by Essex Police following the sentencing on Thursday
Bear, of Walthamstow, east London, had been placed on the sex offenders register in 2023 for sharing a private sex tape of Harrison.
His unauthorised trip was discovered when he made a series of social media posts from Brazil.
Prosecutor Maisa Mamman told the court he had posted videos on social media showing him on a beach and saying "the police will not be able to catch" him.
She added: "He posted on social media videos essentially bragging he was in Brazil."