AUSTRALIA
The Age
Jane Lee
A man who prostituted and sexually assaulted children could soon be free after a judge ruled he should no longer be supervised in the community.
Robin Fletcher, 60, has been under strict supervision conditions since 2006, after serving 10 years for a number of child sexual crimes.
He was not allowed to move out of a particular address without the Adult Parole Board’s approval, and could only leave the place under strict conditions.
Fletcher, who is now legally blind, was working as a drug abuse and sexual guidance youth counsellor in South Caulfield in the 1990s when he performed violent sexual acts on two 15-year-old girls, including whipping their naked backs and buttocks.
He previously justified his behaviour as being a pagan ritual in line with his “Wiccan” religious beliefs.
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