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  Detention Order Sought against Pedophile

By Larine Statham
The Age
June 18, 2009

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/detention-order-sought-against-pedophile-20090618-cj1t.html

AUSTRALIA — A serial pedophile could be jailed indefinitely if prosecutors can convince an Adelaide court he remains unable to control his sexual urges.

Colin Charles Humphrys is awaiting sentencing over a two-year sexual relationship he formed with a 14-year-old boy he met in a toilet block in 2001.

He's already spent five and a half years in jail, awaiting formal sentencing on five charges of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a child.

When he faced the Adelaide Supreme Court on Thursday, prosecutors sought an order to have him jailed indefinitely.

The court was told Humphrys' offending had spanned more than 20 years, and that over that period he'd also formed sexual relationships with two other underage boys.

Only jail time had interrupted the 57-year-old's offending, the court was told.

Prosecutor Mark Norman said it was hard to imagine that any therapeutic or supervision order could be suitably applied to Humphrys.

"Mr Humphrys likes and chooses to have sex with young boys," he said.

He said Humphrys had never expressed any remorse and there was no indication he was willing to be rehabilitated.

"He has been unwilling to engage in therapy ... there is little to suggest he has, or will, gain insight," he said.

But lawyers for Humphrys said adequate rehabilitation treatment had not been offered in the past five years.

The court was told Humphrys had recently been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, having himself been the victim of childhood sexual abuse perpetrated by church leaders and politicians.

"This opens up an entirely different approach for treatment," his lawyer Nick Vadasz said.

Justice John Sulan told the court the purpose of an indefinite detention order was to protect the community. If the order is granted it will be reviewed regularly.

Justice Sulan is expected to rule later this month on the indefinite detention order, when he's also expected to sentence Humphrys for the offences involving the 14-year-old boy.

 
 

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