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| France announces paedophile curbs | France announces paedophile curbs |
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| French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced new measures to deal with repeat sex offenders in response to a paedophile scandal. | French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced new measures to deal with repeat sex offenders in response to a paedophile scandal. |
| Mr Sarkozy said a secure hospital would be built to detain paedophiles. | Mr Sarkozy said a secure hospital would be built to detain paedophiles. |
| In future, he added, offenders would not be released until doctors had decided they were no longer dangerous. | In future, he added, offenders would not be released until doctors had decided they were no longer dangerous. |
| The moves follow an admission by a prison doctor that he prescribed Viagra to a serial child molester accused of attacking a boy after his release. | The moves follow an admission by a prison doctor that he prescribed Viagra to a serial child molester accused of attacking a boy after his release. |
| The doctor told police he had not been given access to the criminal records of the man, who had told him he wanted relationships with women. | The doctor told police he had not been given access to the criminal records of the man, who had told him he wanted relationships with women. |
| President Sarkozy said the government wanted to draw conclusions from an "unacceptable situation which has greatly shocked the French". | President Sarkozy said the government wanted to draw conclusions from an "unacceptable situation which has greatly shocked the French". |
| He added that "everything must be done to make sure this won't happen again". | He added that "everything must be done to make sure this won't happen again". |
| Alert system | Alert system |
| The alleged aggressor, Francis Evrard, was a convicted paedophile who had spent most of the past 30 years behind bars. | The alleged aggressor, Francis Evrard, was a convicted paedophile who had spent most of the past 30 years behind bars. |
| Yet within weeks of his release in early July, the 61-year-old had been left unsupervised. | Yet within weeks of his release in early July, the 61-year-old had been left unsupervised. |
| Speaking after meeting senior ministers, Mr Sarkozy said that in future sex offenders would have to complete their sentences. Evrard had served 18 years of a 27-year term. | Speaking after meeting senior ministers, Mr Sarkozy said that in future sex offenders would have to complete their sentences. Evrard had served 18 years of a 27-year term. |
| Mr Sarkozy added that serving a full term would not necessarily mean freedom. Sex offenders still regarded as a threat could be detained in a secure hospital to be built in the central city of Lyon. | Mr Sarkozy added that serving a full term would not necessarily mean freedom. Sex offenders still regarded as a threat could be detained in a secure hospital to be built in the central city of Lyon. |
| Under certain circumstances, Mr Sarkozy said, they would be allowed to leave the hospital. They would be tagged, and some may be chemically castrated. | Under certain circumstances, Mr Sarkozy said, they would be allowed to leave the hospital. They would be tagged, and some may be chemically castrated. |
| Evrard, 61, was found with a five-year-old boy within a few hours of the boy's abduction, police say. | Evrard, 61, was found with a five-year-old boy within a few hours of the boy's abduction, police say. |
| He was located with the help of a new nationwide alert system that makes intense use of radio and television announcements as well as public notices at train stations and on highways. | |
| The boy was abducted in a garage in the northern town of Roubaix on 15 August. | The boy was abducted in a garage in the northern town of Roubaix on 15 August. |
| Before the emergency cabinet meeting, Mr Sarkozy met the boy's father and grandfather. | Before the emergency cabinet meeting, Mr Sarkozy met the boy's father and grandfather. |
| Magistrates and health professionals complain that a lack of resources means medical treatment and monitoring procedures for released offenders are not carried out effectively. | Magistrates and health professionals complain that a lack of resources means medical treatment and monitoring procedures for released offenders are not carried out effectively. |