Australia deports paedophile to UK
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Australia deports paedophile to UK
A serial paedophile, who moved to Australia as a child, has been deported to the UK.Raymond Horne left Brisbane on Wednesday after serving a 12-year jail sentence and was met by police when his flight landed at Heathrow Airport.The 61-year-old reportedly moved to Queensland in 1952 at the age of five and began offending in the 1960s.Horne's latest stint in prison was for 14 sex offences committed after he lured two homeless boys to his apartment while volunteering for a charity, according to reports.The Home Office said it could not comment on individual cases, but added: "Where it is known that a sex offender convicted in another country is to be deported to the UK, he is met at the port of entry by the police who interview him and pass any relevant information to the police in the area to which the offender is proposing to live."Once in Britain, Horne will be forced to sign the sex offenders' register. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 introduced a notification order designed to ensure that those convicted of sex offences overseas are made to sign the register in this country.Breach of the sex offenders' register is a criminal offence, with a maximum punishment of five years' imprisonment.Additional measures available to authorities include sexual offences prevention orders which can apply to offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences overseas and who pose a risk of serious sexual harm in the UK.These orders impose prohibitions - for example from being alone with children or from being within a certain distance of a playground.Child protection campaigners have raised concerns about the practice of deporting convicted paedophiles back to the UK after they complete jail terms abroad.Despite having British citizenship, some of the offenders have lived overseas for decades and have no family or friends in this country.Experts warn this will make them isolated and more likely to commit new offences.In a reversal of Britain's use of Australia for penal colonies until the mid-19th century, in recent years a number of high-profile ageing paedophiles have been sent back to the UK.In July 2005, Robert Excell was deported to Britain after spending 37 years in Australian prisons for child sex convictions dating back to 1965.Excell was born in the UK and emigrated to Australia when he was ten but never became a citizen.Last May it was reported that "high risk" paedophile Keith Jamieson was being deported to Britain following a lengthy sentence for offences on young boys despite having lived in Australia for 36 years.© Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved.
ITN | March 20, 2008
