Paedophile should remain on register for life, says group

IT was wrong to limit the time a convicted paedophile’s details should remain on the sex offender’s register, a leading child protection group said yesterday.

The Children at Risk in Ireland said people like Patrick Collins, a serial sex abuser and member of a paedophile ring in the Cobh area of Co Cork, should remain on the register for life.

Collins, aged 58, of Belmont Place, Cobh, is currently serving 10 years for the buggery of four boys.