Who has been jailed at Portsmouth Crown Court as child sex offender gets suspended sentence
By David George
Published 1st Jun 2026, 15:31 GMT
These people all appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday, May 29.
- Alex Xhediku, 34 from Posbrooke Road, Southsea, pleased guilty to one count of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, namely cocaine, and one count of acquiring criminal property. He was sentenced to 27 months in prison, with an order for him to be deprived of his mobile phone, and drugs seized to be destroyed.
- Alfie Ware, 20 from Jodrell Close, Horndean, pleaded guilty to one count of actual bodily harm, but not guilty to four counts of criminal damage, one count of threatening a person with an offensive weapon, one count of coercive or controlling behaviour, and one count of actual bodily harm. He was remanded on conditional bail, and will next appear in court on Friday, June 26.
- Besmir Balavija, 28 from Dorchester Court, London, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, namely cocaine, and one count of acquiring criminal property, namely £390 in cash. He was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison, with the drugs and cash being forfeited.
- Bledar Canaj, 26 from Boundary Road, London, has a warrant out for his arrest without bail, having previously pleaded guilty to one count of acquiring criminal property, namely £2,566 in cash, one count of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug, namely cocaine, and one count of possession with intent to supply a Class B drug, namely cannabis.
- Bruce Mitchell, 50 from Potters Mead, Littlehampton, was found guilty of one count of attempting to cause a child under 13 to see at an image of sexual activity, and one count of publishing an obscene article. He was given a 16-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order.
- Colin Barfoot, 60 from Durley Avenue, Waterlooville, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing and indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child, and one count of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit. He was sentenced to a 12-month community order, with 15 rehabilitation days.
- Jason Dixon, 32 of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order, and one count of assault by beating. He was remanded in custody, and will be sentenced on Wednesday, June 3.
- Karlito Neufville-Cox, 20 from Clement Road, Waltham Cross, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to supply a class A controlled drug, namely crack cocaine, and one count of conspiracy to supply a class A controlled drug, namely heroin. He was remanded in custody, and will be sentenced on Friday, July 24.
- Lenny Pearce, 26 from St Faith's Road, Landport, indicated guilty pleas to one count of possessing a controlled Class B drug, namely cannabis resin, one count of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, and one count of affray. He was sentenced to 12 months in custody, suspended for 18 months.
- Robert Berry, 42 from Britannia Road North, Somers Town, pleaded guilty to one count of stalking, and one count of driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit. He was sentenced to 18 months in custody, suspended for 18 months, concurrent for all offences.
- Stephen Amor, 34 from Granada Road, Southsea, pleaded guilty to one count of breaching a criminal behaviour order, one count of possessing a controlled Class B drug, namely cannabis, and one count of assaulting an emergency worker. He was jailed for 16 weeks.