Police hunting sex offender Stephen Haydn James, convicted of touching two underage girls in Tenby last year have made an arrest.
The fifty-two-year-old will return to prison for failing to comply with the terms of his release licence.
On Thursday (June 20) evening Dyfed-Powys Police launched a public appeal to find James, known for sleeping rough along coastal areas, after he failed to comply with his sex offender notification requirements.
James, of no fixed address, is known to spend a significant amount of time in the Tenby area.
A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Following a public appeal for Stephen Haydn James, an arrest was made this morning.
“James will return to prison for failing to comply with the terms of his release licence.
“We would like to thank everyone who shared information with us, as the public appeal led directly to him being located.”
James, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault when he appeared at Swansea Crown Court last November; after being charged with touching a six-year-old and an 11-year-old in a sexual manner in two separate shops in Tenby town centre on September 16.
CCTV from the shops was recovered and examined, and the following day James (who gave his address in court as of Station Road, Tenby) was identified and arrested.
James was sentenced to 13 months in prison; and would serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.
He was put on the sex offender register for the next 10 years, and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for the same length of time.