Lo says review of monitoring of sex offenders needed

Following the arrest of a sex offender, Paul Hunter Redpath, who went missing Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has called on Minister Paul Goggins to urgently review to monitoring of offenders.

Anna Lo MLA said: “I am very relieved that high risk offender has been found and arrested.

“There are serious questions to be answered regarding the monitoring of offenders of this category. We need an urgent review of the management of offenders in hostels and I would like to see Minister Paul Goggins acting swiftly on this issue. People need to feel confident that strong measures in place to stop offenders from going missing.”

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