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'''Dennis Raymond Ferguson''' (born February 5, 1948) is an [[Australia|Australian]] convicted [[Pedophilia|paedophile]]. In 1988, he kidnapped and sexually abused three children, and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment.<ref name="Telegraph_Inside">{{cite news |title=Inside the mind of evil predator, convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/inside-the-mind-of-evil-predator-convicted-paedophile-dennis-ferguson/story-e6freuy9-1225776838465 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 September 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2009}}</ref> Ferguson was forced on numerous occasions to relocate his residence from various locations around Australia, due to public hostility and [[news media]] attention.<ref name="SMH_Nothing">{{cite news |title=Nothing to fear from me, says pedophile |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/nothing-to-fear-from-me-says-pedophile-20090916-fq3e.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=16 September 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref> |
'''Dennis Raymond Ferguson''' (born February 5, 1948) is an [[Australia|Australian]] convicted [[Pedophilia|paedophile]]. In 1988, he kidnapped and sexually abused three children, and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment.<ref name="Telegraph_Inside">{{cite news |title=Inside the mind of evil predator, convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/inside-the-mind-of-evil-predator-convicted-paedophile-dennis-ferguson/story-e6freuy9-1225776838465 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]] |date=19 September 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2009}}</ref> Ferguson was forced on numerous occasions to relocate his residence from various locations around Australia, due to public hostility and [[news media]] attention.<ref name="SMH_Nothing">{{cite news |title=Nothing to fear from me, says pedophile |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/nothing-to-fear-from-me-says-pedophile-20090916-fq3e.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=16 September 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref> |
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==Criminal history== |
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According to court records, Dennis Ferguson's pre-1987 criminal history contains ''"many convictions for false pretences, various assaults on children and indecent assaults on females"''.<ref name="Telegraph_Inside"/> In 1987 Ferguson was imprisoned in [[Long Bay Correctional Centre|Long Bay Jail]] after being convicted on multiple fraud charges.<ref name="Telegraph_Inside"/> |
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After being released from Long Bay Jail in July 1987, Ferguson, then aged 40, and his 23-year-old male lover, Alexandria George Brookes, abducted three children from [[Sydney]]. Ferguson had previously got to know the children's father, who was a fellow inmate in Long Bay Jail, and Ferguson was told that the children had previously been sexually abused. Ferguson and Brookes flew the children to [[Brisbane]], and sexually assaulted them in a house in the Brisbane suburb of [[Kedron, Queensland|Kedron]]. The following night, Ferguson and Brookes moved the three children to a motel in the suburb of [[Ascot, Queensland|Ascot]], where they again abused the children. Police arrested Ferguson and Brookes at the motel, where they found Ferguson naked with the children. Ferguson told police, ''"I can help you. Pornography. Kiddy porn, I can get you kiddy porn."''<ref name="Telegraph_Inside"/> Ferguson claimed he was innocent, but a jury found him guilty of all counts of abduction and assault of the three children. He was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment.<ref name="Courier_Perversion">{{cite news |title=Perversion of the law - background to the Dennis Ferguson case |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23968372-5017590,00.html |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |date=11 January 2003 |accessdate=23 September 2009}}</ref> |
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In 2003, [[New South Wales Police Force|New South Wales Police]] surveillance located Ferguson in [[Parramatta Public School]]. Ferguson was forbidden from entering schools, and claimed he was distributing cleaning products for groups needing to raise funds. A court convicted him under the ''NSW Child Protection Offenders Registration Act'', and he was sentenced to a further 15 months' prison in the [[John Morony Correctional Centre]]. He was released in December, 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police to monitor released pedophile |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Police-to-monitor-released-pedophile/2004/12/11/1102625587932.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=12 December 2004 |accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref> |
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The following year, in November 2005, Ferguson was charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl at her home in the Queensland town of [[Dalby, Queensland|Dalby]]. In a rare legal move, Ferguson was granted a [[bench trial]] (without a jury), as it was considered Ferguson would not receive a fair trial by jury, due to the enormous amount of media coverage. The judge found Ferguson not guilty.<ref name="Courier_Dennis">{{cite news |title=Dennis Ferguson found not guilty of molesting girl |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25146924-421,00.html |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |date=06 March 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2009}}</ref> |
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==Relocation== |
==Relocation== |
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Revision as of 22:54, 17 November 2009
Dennis Raymond Ferguson (born February 5, 1948) is an Australian convicted paedophile. In 1988, he kidnapped and sexually abused three children, and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment.[1] Ferguson was forced on numerous occasions to relocate his residence from various locations around Australia, due to public hostility and news media attention.[2]
Relocation
After being released from jail in 2004, Ferguson was forced to move from numerous locations in Queensland, due to public pressure and media attention.[2] Angry residents forced him to flee the towns of Bundaberg, Toowoomba and Murgon. In February 2005, he settled in Ipswich, but was again found by neighbours and the media. There were reports of rocks being thrown at his house.[3] Ferguson was awarded $2250 in victim's compensation after an Ipswich man threatened to kill him.[1]
In July 2008, he moved to a rural property near Miles, Queensland, but after word of his location spread, cars began to arrive at the property, and the police were called after 60 people began chanting anti-Ferguson slogans.[4]
In 2009, he moved into a public housing apartment in the Sydney suburb of Ryde where he was given a five-year lease. Some residents of the area were outraged at Ferguson's presence, after news organisations revealed where he was living. Angry males shouted on the street, and police found a Molotov cocktail near Ferguson's apartment building.[2]
A program set up by the government agency Centrelink to reunite missing persons was shut down in September 2009, after it was discovered that Dennis Ferguson had accessed it. Ferguson used the service to reunite with his 1987 criminal accomplice, Alexandria George Brookes.[5]
Legislative changes
In September, 2009, in response to public anger at Ferguson living in the Ryde area, the Government of New South Wales under Premier Nathan Rees moved to introduce legislation to allow the government to evict child sex offenders from public housing. Critics dubbed the legislation the Dennis Ferguson Act, and said it was created as a result of the state government caving in to vigilantism.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Inside the mind of evil predator, convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson". The Daily Telegraph. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ a b c "Nothing to fear from me, says pedophile". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ "Well-known paedophile Dennis Ferguson hounded from Ipswich". PM. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ "Convicted pedophile moved from Queensland home". The Sydney Morning Herald. 04 July 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Australia suspends family initiative after paedophiles reunited". AsiaOne. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ "Rees finds way to evict pedophile". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.