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UK paedophile back from Australia Australia deports UK paedophile
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A serial paedophile has arrived in the UK after being deported from Australia following a 12-year jail term.A serial paedophile has arrived in the UK after being deported from Australia following a 12-year jail term.
Raymond Horne, 61, was met by police when his flight from Brisbane landed at Heathrow Airport.Raymond Horne, 61, was met by police when his flight from Brisbane landed at Heathrow Airport.
He reportedly moved to Queensland from Britain in 1952 at the age of five and began offending in the 1960s.He reportedly moved to Queensland from Britain in 1952 at the age of five and began offending in the 1960s.
Any relevant information about Horne will be passed to local police wherever he decides to settle in the UK, the Home Office said.Any relevant information about Horne will be passed to local police wherever he decides to settle in the UK, the Home Office said.
Horne was last jailed in 1996 after pleading guilty to 14 child sex offences, according to the Sun. Prevention order
According to the Brisbane Courier Mail, Horne was last jailed in 1996 after pleading guilty to 14 child sex offences.
The newspaper said the judge gave him 12 years without parole, calling him a "persistent sex offender who preyed upon young, vulnerable boys".The newspaper said the judge gave him 12 years without parole, calling him a "persistent sex offender who preyed upon young, vulnerable boys".
The Home Office said it could not comment on individual cases. In the UK, Horne will be obliged to sign the sex offenders' register, which means he will have to report to the authorities. Breaching the register carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.
But it added: "Where it is known that a sex offender convicted in another country is to be deported to the UK, he is met at the port of entry by the police, who interview him and pass any relevant information to the police in the area to which the offender is proposing to live." The Home Office said it could not comment on individual cases but it considers Horne eligible for a sexual offences prevention order.
Horne will be obliged to sign the Sex Offenders' Register. The order can apply to offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences overseas who pose a risk of serious sexual harm in the UK.
'More dangerous'
It can prohibit offenders from being alone with children or from being within a certain distance of a playground, for example.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We think he would be eligible but it is up to the police and the courts.
"Where it is known that a sex offender convicted in another country is to be deported to the UK, he is met at the port of entry by the police, who interview him and pass any relevant information to the police in the area to which the offender is proposing to live."
Shy Keenan, of child abuse victims' campaign group Phoenix Chief Advocates, said Horne would be "more dangerous" in Britain because he has no support network here.
She said: "They [the authorities] can say to him, 'We think you're an absolute risk - but we have to wait now until you do something before we can do something, despite the fact that we know you're likely to do something'.
"He will probably be placed in a hostel - an ordinary hostel, not an offenders' hostel."
Calling for the creation of an international sex offenders' register, Ms Keenan estimated that, for every child sex offender whose return to the UK was reported in the media, there were another 50 who received no publicity.