Neighbour is a convicted paedophile

Then I would hope that anyone involved in the intimidation and injury that you are suggesting got charged and convicted.

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Again I’m not trying to be flippant but so many parents plaster their children all over social media and those photos can be used in disgusting ways so I would assume a lot, or even most, pedophiles wouldn’t bother taking photos of neighbours/in cafes as it’s much easier to be caught doing that than downloading photos from instagram.

It is awful to say but some paedophiles will take perfectly innocent photos of children and edit them into iioc and distribute as such. So no you do not want someone with that history photographing your child. Same as why people should be cautious putting their child's image on a fb profile pic/ public sm.

Photos of children, fully clothed, from afar? What good are they?

Those pictures can be taken at the supermarket, park etc. by all the pedophiles that don't live on the same street.

If hshe isn't letting him come over for tea or baby sitting her kids he's noore of a risk than any other paedophile anywhere else, and there are plenty of them so she should be guarding her kids anyway. I don't see how he is any more of a risk than all the other sex offenders on society just because she knows where he lives.

If it was my child and my street I would post to the local Facebook group anonymously and let the area deal with it.
Where I live he wouldn't be around for long.

He could but my broader point was that so could be many other people - in the park, coffee shop, soft play, on the train, bus ..

People can take photos, my dear.

Parents should be doing those things anyway. It baffles me how many people let their young children be naked in public and put pictures of them on social media.

Where to?

So you'd honestly spend thousands of pounds selling your home & purchasing another with zero guarantee that your new neighbour won't also be a wrongun'? 🙄

I think it would scare most people when they realise firstly how common that particular crime is and secondly the perfectly normal seeming people who engage with that sort of behavior.

You could have an unknown paedophile living next door and tbh I think that's worse because then you aren't prepared for it. I think you do what you would do normally, you teach your children how to advocate for and protect themselves just as you should do with any adult because any adult could be harmful towards them.

That's awful OP, how distressing for you.

Why? She could just as easily move to a new area and find herself in an identical situation!

Educate your children age appropriately. I would also be sharing this info with any other families living in your street.
I would calmly tell him/ his wife that you know and are not happy with his presence.

Not a paedophile story but relevant I guess. I was seriously sexually assaulted by a stranger while I was walking home from work. He got 4 years in jail and came out on license half way though, broke the licence conditions by disappearing and when he was caught he got sent back to jail. A few years passed and then to my horror he is in the local news for glassing someone in a pub and living on the same street as a friend of mine. Of course I let her know but this just shows that offenders are everywhere and it is only when they are in the news that we know about them.

I would move, personally.

Well I suppose he could just live over the road from another family with young kids

Is it possible the address reported in court was the address he was living at when charged? Either way you can check with the police.

I honestly can’t stand that “well the paedos need to go somewhere don’t they?” stance.

I do feel very strongly about this topic (obviously 🤣) and I would happily put each and every one of them into American-style villages nowhere near anyone else. Similar to the Louis Theroux documentary. Put them in caravans, put signs up to warn others and let them rot.

Yes that’s true sadly, I think you can use it if there is good reason for them to disclose it as in you’ve started dating someone and you have children. It covers a few circumstances but they are selective about disclosure. I just mentioned as few people saying you should be able to know who they are.

Loads of primary kids walk to school on their own and back round here.

And? Quite rightly OP is keen for them not to live over the road from her

Paedophiles have to live somewhere.

The poster with the “His crime was child porn. Not snatching children off the street into his van.” comment hasn’t got a clue.

The animal living near to the OP searched or ordered these images/videos, and that sick desire helped create and sustain a demand. Another kid being abused, another life ruined somewhere.

Just because he didn’t last hands on them directly doesn’t mean he’s any less guilty.