On-the-run paedophile stayed at Simon hostel

A DANGEROUS paedophile who is on the run from the North stayed at the Cork Simon hostel, a senior garda confirmed last night.

Paul Hunter Redpath, a 35-year-old chef who is originally from Scotland, pleaded guilty last June to sex offences against two young girls in the North in March 2005.

He was jailed for indecent assault and unlawful carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl, and then given a three-year term of probation. However, last month he broke his probation conditions when he failed to return to approved accommodation.