International action needed to fight paedophiles and child pornographers

LAST week there was considerable alarm when a convicted paedophile escaped from Northern Ireland and headed South where he seemingly moved about freely even though the gardaí were notified of his presence.

Yet, Paul Hunter Redpath was described by the PSNI as a ‘predator’ who also abused alcohol.

That considerable alarm was justified because the PSNI also warned that he was a “very real threat and someone who needs to be supervised and monitored extremely closely if children around him are to be protected”.