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South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is to ask the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a report on an accused child sex offender, who has been released on bail. Yesterday a 67-year-old man, who is accused of molesting children at a holiday camp in the Adelaide Hills 30 years ago, was granted bail by a Supreme Court judge. The man has been charged with six counts of indecent assault and three counts of gross indecency. Mr Atkinson says he is concerned about the bail decision, and will seek more information. "This case is a surprising decision on it's face and I will immediately obtain a report from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and ask him whether he intends to appeal against the grant of bail," he said. The state Opposition has called for bail laws to be changed so that certain repeat offenders must prove before a court that they are fit for release. The shadow attorney-general, Robert Lawson, says the Government must review the Bail Act. "The Government has given the rather weak excuse that it would cost too much to keep more people in custody," he said. "That's unacceptable. Community safety should be the highest priority. "We would amend the Bail Act to reverse the onus which currently rests with the police and put it on the offender." http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1519022.htm |
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