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Raymond Keith Lloyd, 58, walks free from court after failing to report to authorities his whereabouts
ANOTHER convicted pedophile has walked free from court after failing to tell authorities where he was, as the State Government prepares to roll out new technology to track the movements of "high-risk" offenders. Premier Anna Bligh this week announced dangerous sex offenders would be fitted with GPS devices after more than 6000 people signed The Courier-Mail's petition supporting the initiative. The proposal was also backed by sporting, business and entertainment celebrities, and the state's major news personalities. Raymond Keith Lloyd , 58, was recently found in breach of parole conditions by failing to report as per child protection guidelines, but it was revealed in the Townsville District Court this week that he hadn't been told. The court was told Lloyd was on a suspended sentence after earlier this year successfully appealing against a three-year jail term for 11 counts of possession of child exploitation material, involving videos of sex acts on children as young as two, the Townsville Bulletin reported. Previously, Lloyd had been jailed for child sex offences including attempted carnal knowledge, indecent dealing with children under 12 and exposing a child to indecent acts. There are 114 sex offenders listed under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (DPSOA), of which 70 living in the community would be fitted with GPS devices, according to the State Government. A Justice Department spokesman said under DPSOA, the Attorney-General could apply to the Supreme Court for an order to keep a prisoner in jail, or have them released under strict supervision. "A serious sexual offence is an offence of a sexual nature involving violence or committed against a child. Therefore, all prisoners for child sex offending fall within the ambit of DPSOA," he said. "Upon application, the court must be satisfied that the prisoner is a serious danger to the community. "A prisoner is a serious danger to the community if there is an unacceptable risk that the prisoner will commit a serious sexual offence if released from detention or if released without a supervision order being made." Another 3780 Queensland sex offenders are on the Australian National Child Offender Register. Queensland Party police and corrections spokesman Darren Hunt said the justice system needed to be tougher. "The decision in Townsville to release without penalty a serial child sex offender who failed to comply with his order is a disgrace," he said. "What is the point of having these orders if the judiciary is too weak to enforce them? It's a green light for sex offenders released from custody to do as they please." The Courier Mail (8-6-2011) Alison Sandy http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/raymond-keith-lloyd-58-walks-free-from-court-after-failing-to-report-to-authorities-his-whereabouts/story-e6freoof-1226071270451 |
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Paedophile wins appeal case
A CONVICTED Townsville paedophile has been released on two years' probation following a Queensland Court of Appeal review of his case. Keith Raymond Lloyd was caught viewing child exploitation material on his computer when police raided his Pimlico home in July, 2009. He pleaded guilty to 11 charges of possessing the illegal material and, on May 18 last year, was sentenced to three years' jail for each offence. The jail terms were to be served concurrently, and Lloyd was eligible for parole on July 16 of the same year, as he had already served 10 months in pre-sentence custody. The material found at Lloyd's home included 609 videos depicting sexual acts on children. Lloyd appealed against his sentence, saying the three-year jail term for each charge was excessive and there was never any chance he would be released on parole by July 16. He was in prison for 19 months, about six months beyond his parole eligibility date, and was not able to enrol in a program to rehabilitate him, as such programs cannot be entered into while prisoners are on remand. Such courses can take longer than six months to complete. The-three member appeal panel of Chief Justice Paul de Jersey and Justices Richard Chesterman and Margaret White, found that it would be appropriate to put Lloyd on probation for two years so he could undergo courses to help rehabilitate him. Mr Chesterman said by serving the majority of his sentence, and continuing to wait in prison for the course, the court would not have taken into account Lloyd's pleas of guilty. He said Lloyd, and society, would benefit from professional supervision to help him with his predilection for mistreating, or watching the mistreatment, of children. But the appeal court justices overturned the application that his sentence was excessive. Mr Chesterman backed sentencing Judge Stuart Durward's comments that Lloyd did not appear to regard the videos as abhorrent and was a recidivist offender. He said the videos contained acts that were "repulsive and repugnant to any ordinary human sensitivity". Lloyd was jailed twice for child sex charges in 1994 and 2001. The Court of Appeal justices ordered that Lloyd's three-year sentence for the first 10 charges be suspended for three years, and set aside the sentence for the final charge in place of two years' probation. He will be required to undergo a course to address his behaviour. Upon his release, Lloyd is required to register with the police and inform them of his whereabouts once a week for the next 10 years. Townsville Bulletin (16-2-2011) Liam Butterworth http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/02/16/207941_news.html |
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