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A paedophile named on a list of the UK's "most wanted" was arrested but later released after police failed to recognise him. | |
An inquiry is under way after South Yorkshire Police officers only realised who Joshua Karney was after he was fined for being drunk and released. | |
Karney, 30, is one of five of the UK's most wanted sex offenders after going missing from Lancashire in 2005. | Karney, 30, is one of five of the UK's most wanted sex offenders after going missing from Lancashire in 2005. |
South Yorkshire Police said they greatly regretted releasing Karney. | |
He went missing three years ago after serving a prison sentence for indecently assaulting a child in Barnoldswick, Lancashire. | |
Karney was on licence but failed to report to a probation hostel in Blackburn. | |
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The hunt for Karney has appeared on BBC One's Crimewatch and he is on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection "most wanted" list. | |
When he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Barnsley on 24 November he gave false details and was given a fixed penalty notice. | |
Karney was released and it was only later that officers checked his fingerprints and realised he was wanted. | |
A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: "We regret greatly that Joshua Karney was released from custody after he gave false details. | |
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"South Yorkshire Police are working together with Lancashire police to trace Karney. | |
"An investigation is now under way into the full circumstances to establish how this happened." | |
Lancashire police have released a picture of Karney taken when he was arrested in Barnsley in November last year in a fresh appeal to find him. | Lancashire police have released a picture of Karney taken when he was arrested in Barnsley in November last year in a fresh appeal to find him. |
Det Insp Jim Elston, of Lancashire police, said: "We are working closely with South Yorkshire Police to establish the background circumstances behind his arrest and his movements within South Yorkshire area at the time." |
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