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<\/p>\nA British child sex offender who molested a nine-year-old girl could have his visa status reviewed by the government, the ABC understands, after it was revealed he avoided deportation from Australia due to his ill health.<\/p>\n
The man, who is in his 80s, was jailed in 2024 for sexually abusing the girl in the presence of another young child.<\/p>\n
His visa was automatically cancelled but was then reinstated last year by the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), which scrutinises decisions made by government agencies.<\/p>\n
The convicted paedophile was also banned from Gymnastics Australia after he went to an event where children were in attendance.<\/p>\n
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The Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is ultimately responsible for reviewing visa applications. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)<\/p>\n
The ABC understands the Department of Home Affairs is preparing a brief for one of its assistant ministers to consider cancelling the man’s visa again.<\/p>\n
Prison sentence\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man, who cannot be legally identified, was sentenced to 14 months in prison in the Perth District Court for aggravated indecent dealing with a child under the age of 13.<\/p>\n
Migrant father deported over drug conviction<\/a><\/p>\n An Australian resident of more than four decades is deported back to the United Kingdom after his visa was cancelled due to his criminal drug conviction.<\/p>\n At the same trial, the jury acquitted him on charges involving another child.<\/p>\n The ABC understands the Prisoners Review Board of WA decided the man would not be subject to a Post Sentence Supervision Order when he was released from jail last year.<\/p>\n He was moved to immigration detention but was later released after successfully overturning his visa cancellation through the ART.<\/p>\n The man is registered on the Australian National Child Offender Register, according to the WA Attorney General Tony Buti.<\/p>\n Reasons for reinstating visa\u00a0<\/p>\n The ART found while factors like the protection and expectation of the community weighed in favour of his deportation, the man’s close ties to the country and the impediments he would face due to his age and ill health outweighed them.<\/p>\n
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