Police have played down concerns after a convicted sex offender was pictured with youngsters at an open day held by the Aberystwyth and District Amateur Radio Society.

Bruce Morris was at the society’s open day, which was held to show members of the public what the society do, but it later emerged that Morris is a registered sex offender, after being convicted in 2010 of possession of almost 3,000 indecent images of children.

He was placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years and given a lifetime ban from working with children.

At the time Morris was criticised by Judge Niclas Parry, who said that between 2007 and 2009 Morris’s actions were nothing short of complicit in the abuse of girls as young as four.

But despite concerns raised by members of the public that Morris, a society member, was present at the open day, alongside children, a spokesperson for North Wales Police said officers were satisfied that no orders or regulations had been broken and added that there had been no official complaints to them.

The spokesperson said: “We are fully aware of people’s concerns.

“We cannot comment on individual cases, however it appears at this stage that no order has been breached.”

A spokesperson for the Aberystwyth and District Amateur Radio Society said that the society had followed its guidelines on protecting youngsters during the open day.

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