My neighbour is a convicted paedophile

Please read the whole thing FGS.

"You must apply for information about a specific person and a specific child or children they spend time with. You cannot apply for general information about child sex offenders."

The OPs neighbour is not spending time with OPs children nor are there any specific DC she is worried the neighbour is spending time with which is the only way your quoted paragraph would apply.

Oh please don't do this. Don't get tangled up in his life. Have nothing whatsoever to do with him. That could end really badly for you.

My neighbour is a dirty rottern pedophile and we dont give him a inch of our time he knows wat we do my advice is dont talk done look he soon get the message

Tbh it's better to know and have that information.... There's a hell of alot of unconvicted ones around that you would never know about

There is one that lives at the end of my road. He's known locally. I would happily mow him down with my car.

I don't have small kids, and I believe there are limited places he is allowed to be unsupervised but even so. Absolute gutter scum.

I'd tell him why you no longer wish to engage with him, loudly, and without embarrassment. Unfortunately there are probably just plenty more we don't know about.

I get that you want him gone. But gone where exactly?

if I were you I’d just be relieved you know about this one enough to keep your guard up.

but never assume there’s not another one in your midst that you don’t know about.

Can you put anything on your fence line to block his view to your kids when they are in the back garden?

Your assessment is so messed up. They all start by looking at images, then some progress further and commit 'worse'. He doesn't get to receive the benefit of the doubt here. He likes kids and therefore every caution should be taken so he never gets the chance to abuse anyone again. If I had a man in my neighbourhood I would consider that all he could be prosecuted for were images. It does not mean he never did anything to a child.

Sarah’s law doesn’t give out information unless it’s considered to be necessary. The OP can apply: what happens after that might or might not assist:

”*Anyone who is worried about someone's behaviour towards a child can apply, not just a child's parents. This includes people like a grandparent, neighbour or friend.”

Yes, make it clear you know as does everyone on the street, tell him to steer clear of you and your children and if you see him so much as looking at your children you will be calling the police. “accidentally” let everyone you ideal to in on your worries.

There are so, so many men who have viewed images of child abuse. Many more than the number who would actively and directly abuse a child (Im not saying that makes it lesser, but its important to keep in mind when making safeguarding decisions). We cannot protect children, or ourselves, from men's eyes unfortunately.

I do understand how you feel. A family member who spent a load of time with my kids when they were small has completed a long jail sentence for child abuse images (a long sentence for a first offence - it was serious stuff). They were never left alone with him, but I could have driven myself mad with the 'what was in his mind when he looked at them' line of thinking.

You will keep your children safe. His thoughts are his own affair. Any vigilante action will only drive him underground which heightens the risk to other children.

Well certainly here in n Wales. There's no point in moving. One got hounded out of our town. He turns up in our tiny village. Same face, same dog, same teddies in the window. He'd walk his dog in the children's park. We just banned the kids from talking to the bad man. Stopped going to the park which had a village hall hired out all the time for children clubs. We let every club know. He stayed around six months.

Exactly, there is no point in moving as your new ndn could be one.

You just have to be careful with your children, as I assume that you would be anyway.

Like it or not, he isn't a known risk of abusing OPs children. He's a known risk of viewing CSAM, not a known risk of contact offending.

And his conviction and the restrictions he's under now will reflect that assessment.

It's abhorrent of course but doesn't mean he's a direct risk to DC in his vicinity which is what was said by the senior Police officer in the link I provided upthread.

https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/the-scale-of-child-sexual-abuse-means-we-cannot-solely-prosecute-our-way-out

Name changed for this.

We found there is one not too far from us.... He has a partner and had a baby with her (she knew about the situation and her being pregnant at the time likely contributed to the sentence being suspended). She also has a child from a previous relationship living in the same house...
Honestly, we were sicknened.
The news broke out in the local Facebook group and his partner was all over it defending him.
They live in a semi so it must be awful for people joined onto them, especially if they have kids.

Move.

You likely know a few of these dirty bastards but are not aware of it.

They are everywhere!!

Sarah's law just doesn't give out information about neighbours who are never alone with the children in question.

It's for people where there is a potential specific risk to specific children so e.g a single Mum with a new partner.

And the OP doesn't need information from the Police anyway as it's in the local paper.

No argument with that, another poster made a similar point.

However if people are worried about their own children my disassociation point has mileage I think.

The point is that he’s a known risk, and therefore avoidable. There could be others close by posing an even bigger risk that op doesn’t know about.

And I'll reply again... If I had knowledge that they were a pedo then I'd move based on that knowledge. I wouldn't just go oh well, pedos are everywhere, it could happen again so nevermind, won't bother just in case.

Because going to jail for arson will help the situation.

Very likely yes, considering the sheer number of men accessing CSAM.

I'll ask again, where do you think anyone should move to where there isn't that risk?

And how to assess it or be sure?

Reported. Disgraceful.

How horrible. A leopard never changes its spots. I don't think there is a cure for that, they shouldn't be living a normal life amongst families and communities.

I probably wouldn't say anything to him, don't think I'd have the nerve. I read recently half of all men in prison are in there for sexual offences.

There will be his type living everywhere, who we don't know anything about. I remember when a child my parents knew of one, though it never went to Court or anything, back then unless you were warned by word of mouth, no Internet, many of them could hide in plain site with most people being unaware of who they really were.

Do you have a pedo living 2 doors down as well?