AUSTRALIA
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Jane Lee
16 Feb 2017
A man who abused teenage girls and still believes his Wiccan religion condones his crimes could do “catastrophic” harm to possible future victims, a court has heard.
The secretary of the Department of Justice, Greg Wilson, is challenging a Supreme Court decision to revoke a decade-long supervision order against Robin Fletcher, who previously served eight years in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls in the 1990s.
The order restricts him to living at a particular address, which he can only leave under strict conditions. He cannot move from that address without the Adult Parole Board’s approval.
Justice Phillip Priest last week ruled that Fletcher, 60, posed no greater risk of sexual reoffending “than the average sex offender released into the community”. He said there was a “low” risk he would reoffend in the same way, based on psychological evidence, the fact he is now legally blind, his age and his physical weakness.
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