NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman is expected to outline his actions in respect of a Dubbo-based child sex offender on Tuesday afternoon.
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It comes hours after the NSW opposition demanded the Attorney-General move immediately and lodge an appeal against the sentencing of a child sex offender in Dubbo.
The convicted paedophile – known only as TM because of a suppression order that is reportedly in place – received a two–year suspended jail sentence, despite being found guilty of ten charges of historic child sex abuse, a Sydney newspaper reported.
NSW opposition leader Luke Foley called on the Attorney-General to get cracking on the appeal.
“This was a manifestly inadequate sentence for hideous crimes so I want to see the Attorney-General launch an immediate appeal,” he said.
“The rights of offenders should never come before the rights of victims.
“That is why the Attorney-General needs to do the right thing by the community and launch an appeal.
“If you have raped children then the only place for you is in prison.
“The state has a duty to act and to act now.”
On Monday Mr Speakman told the Daily Liberal he had read the judgment and requested that the Director of Public Prosecutions provide him with a brief about the sentence and non-publication order.
“I have asked the Commissioner of Police to consider if an application for a child protection prohibition order in respect of the offender is appropriate,” he said on Monday.