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JAILED: Bernard Brookes A CONVICTED paedophile has been jailed after he kept his sordid past secret from a new partner. In 2010 Bernard Brookes was jailed for six years for having sex with a girl aged under 13 and made subject to a sexual offences prevention order for the rest of his life. He was supervised in the community, but Bolton Crown Court heard how he lied to his sex offender manager, claiming he was single. In reality he had started a relationship with a woman who had children and failed to inform her about his background for months. Amanda Johnson, prosecuting, told the court how, under the terms of the sexual offences prevention order, 48-year-old Brookes is banned from approaching or communicating with children and prohibited from allowing children into his home. ....