Convicted sex-offender Robert John Fardon has had his supervision requirements dropped and will now be able to walk the streets a free man.
The Queensland man, who was jailed for 13 years in 1988 for the violent rape of a woman, will no longer have to report to and receive visits from police, The Courier Mail reports.
As of Wednesday last week, the 70-year-old has free run in the community, with no restrictions on where he can live, curfews or monitoring.
The announcement, which was only made public on Wednesday, comes after several attempts by the Queensland Attorney General to extend the supervision order Fardon had been placed under since 2013. Fardon had previously been living with other sex offenders near a jail precinct, after being released from jail.
According to The Courier Mail, the attempt last year by the Attorney General was allowed due to Fardon’s previous dangerous behaviour. However, lawyers and the Attorney General were unable to convince the court at the most recent hearing to extend the supervision order further.
Fardon was first convicted in 1967 for attempted unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl aged under 10 but was released on a good behaviour bond. Around 11 years later in 1978 he was found guilty of rape of a 12-year-old girl and wounding her 15-year-old sister. He was then sentenced to 13 years in jail.
However, Fardon was released early in 1988 after just eight years, and shockingly, just 20 days later committed violent assault upon a woman. He was again convicted of rape and this time sentenced to 14 years behind bars.
He was released in 2006 under a supervision order and again detained in 2008 after a complaint of rape was made by a 61-year-old intellectually disabled woman. The conviction was quashed and Fardon acquitted.
After many more court proceedings, Fardon was released on September 27 under a supervision order, which he remained under until the latest decision by the court.
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