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A NOTORIOUS pedophile who once described his victims as "pieces of meat" has been remanded in custody for sentencing. Phillip Corlett Cryer, 74, has admitted to 47 breaches of a court order banning him from talking to or approaching children. Prosecutors yesterday withdrew an application to have him declared incapable of controlling his sexual urges, which could have resulted in him being jailed indefinitely. The Supreme Court was told this followed assessments by two psychiatrists. Cryer, whose offending history has crossed three states and dates back to 1961, will reappear in court next month. The Adelaide Advertiser (27-2-2007) |
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A PEDOPHILE with more than 30 convictions lived next to a primary school for two months while police tried to obtain a court order forcing him to find alternative accommodation. Phillip Corlett Cryer, 71, repeatedly breached court orders before he became the centre of controversy last month when he moved to Mt Barker, prompting police to warn schools that he was a danger to children. Court documents obtained by The Advertiser show police first questioned Cryer in January when a taxi driver reported seeing a male fitting his description driving a car, registered to Cryer, following a young boy at Smithfield Plains. A patrol was sent to a Prison Fellowship hostel for sex offenders in Elizabeth, where Cryer had lived since being released on parole in December 2001 following a breach of an earlier court order banning him from loitering near children. Cryer subsequently moved out of the property on Main North Rd, Elizabeth, into a rental properly on Old Sarum Rd, Elizabeth North, which backed on to the Broadmeadows Primary School. An inspection of the property by The Advertiser revealed a corrugated Iron fence separated its backyard from the grounds of the primary school. Police learnt Cryer was living there on April 3 but by the time the matter was referred to the Child Exploitation Investigation Unit and processed, did not apply to the Elizabeth Magistrates Court until May 1 for a court order removing him from the property, Notified of the police action. Cryer subsequently moved back to the Prison Fellowship hostel on Main North Rd before a court hearing was held on May 26. Prison Fellowship state director Geoff Glanville sent a letter to the Elizabeth Magistrates Court that day, arguing Cryer had not breached any orders when he moved into the property at Old Sarum Rd next to the Broadmeadows school. He also disputed he was breaching orders by returning to the Prison Fellowship property, saying the South Downs Primary School was further than the 500m stated by police. Mr Glanville said the Parole Board of South Australia had approved the Main North Rd property as a suitable location for Cryer while he was on parole between October 23, 2001, and December 29, 2002. Police argued Cryer had an extensive criminal history in three states dating back to 1961, with 31 convictions and various jail sentences for the sexual abuse of young boys. Magistrate Kevin Edgecomb changed a restraining order made in November, 1998, to ban Cryer from living within 500m of a school or anywhere children were regularly present. Cryer remained at the Prison Fellowship hostel, prompting police to arrest him on June 1 for breaching the order. The Child Exploitation Investigaton Unit told a court hearing on June 2 the hostel was within 500m "as the crow flies" on a street directory from South Downs Primary School. Magistrate Kym Millard ordered Cryer to be remanded in custody for 48 hours until alternative accommodation could be found. This resulted in Mr Glanville locating a property in Wuttke Rd, Mt Barker, where Cryer lived for three weeks before a woman complained to police he had approached her son. Cryer now is in custody on further charges of breaching another restraining order banning him from approaching or being near children. Parole Board chairwoman Frances Nelson, QC, yesterday said Cryer's behaviour highlighted the need for treatment programs for sexual offenders in prison before they were released into the community. Adelaide Advertiser (11-7-2003) |
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