Irish paedophile freed in error is re-arrested

AN IRISHMAN, who is one of Britain’s most wanted paedophiles, and was mistakenly released by a police force in November, was last night re-arrested in Sussex.

Joshua Karney was convicted of a sex offence against a child in Lancashire in 2002 and jailed for 15 months, but failed to report to a probation hostel when released on licence.

Prior to his arrest yesterday he was one of Britain’s five most wanted sex offenders.