No bail for convicted sex offender

Updated November 5 2012 - 10:43am, first published January 22 2004 - 12:51pm

A CONVICTED sex offender accused of indecently assaulting two young brothers and loitering near a school was refused bail in Ballarat Magistrates Court yesterday.
George Wilson, 49, of Creswick, has been charged with three counts of committing an indecent act with a child under 16, three counts of indecent assault, two counts of loitering near a school and one count of loitering in a public place.
The court heard the alleged offences took place between July 1 and September 1, last year.
Wilson was convicted and sentenced to five years jail, with a non-parole period of two and a half years, for sex offences with a child in 1996.
Michael Wardell for Wilson, who was arrested on September 3, last year, said his client would return to church accommodation in Creswick if released on bail.
He said Wilson would have the support and supervision of members of the "Elijah's Mantle" congregation and would be allocated a case manager from Grampians Psychiatric Services.
But Magistrate Timothy McDonald refused bail.
Mr McDonald said Wilson had made admissions to police during his interview and posed an "unacceptable risk of reoffending".
Wilson was remanded to appear at Geelong Magistrates Court for case conference on March 15.

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