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| Appeal over released paedophile | Appeal over released paedophile |
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| Police want to speak to anyone with information on one of the UK's most wanted paedophiles who was mistakenly released after being arrested. | Police want to speak to anyone with information on one of the UK's most wanted paedophiles who was mistakenly released after being arrested. |
| South Yorkshire Police officers only realised who Joshua Karney was after he was fined for being drunk and released. | South Yorkshire Police officers only realised who Joshua Karney was after he was fined for being drunk and released. |
| Karney, 30, who was convicted of indecent assault, is one of five of the UK's most wanted sex offenders after going missing in 2005 from Lancashire. | Karney, 30, who was convicted of indecent assault, is one of five of the UK's most wanted sex offenders after going missing in 2005 from Lancashire. |
| Lancashire police want to speak to anyone who knows where he is hiding. | Lancashire police want to speak to anyone who knows where he is hiding. |
| Karney was arrested at a hotel Barnsley in November last year for being drunk and disorderly, but gave false details. | Karney was arrested at a hotel Barnsley in November last year for being drunk and disorderly, but gave false details. |
| He was photographed by officers, fined and released. It was only when his fingerprints were examined later it became clear who he was. | He was photographed by officers, fined and released. It was only when his fingerprints were examined later it became clear who he was. |
| South Yorkshire Police have begun an investigation. | South Yorkshire Police have begun an investigation. |
| New information | New information |
| Karney went missing after serving a prison sentence for indecently assaulting a child in Barnoldswick, Lancashire. He was on licence, but failed to report to a probation hostel. | |
| The hunt for Karney has appeared on BBC One's Crimewatch and he is on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection "most wanted" list. | The hunt for Karney has appeared on BBC One's Crimewatch and he is on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection "most wanted" list. |
| 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 want to appeal to members of the public, with the fresh photograph that we've got and with the new information that he was in the South Yorkshire and Barnsley area in November of last year. | Det Insp Jim Elston, of Lancashire police, said: "We want to appeal to members of the public, with the fresh photograph that we've got and with the new information that he was in the South Yorkshire and Barnsley area in November of last year. |
| Irish connections | Irish connections |
| "We also have information that he may have been in the Wakefield and Leeds area, towards the end of last year." | "We also have information that he may have been in the Wakefield and Leeds area, towards the end of last year." |
| Police investigated two sightings of Karney in Dorset in 2006, which were reported the Crimewatch programme, but he remained at large. | Police investigated two sightings of Karney in Dorset in 2006, which were reported the Crimewatch programme, but he remained at large. |
| He also has connections in Ireland and was born in Dublin. | He also has connections in Ireland and was born in Dublin. |
| A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: "We regret greatly that Joshua Karney was released from custody after he gave false details." | A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: "We regret greatly that Joshua Karney was released from custody after he gave false details." |
| The force added that it was working with Lancashire police to find him. | The force added that it was working with Lancashire police to find him. |
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