Photo: ODTA convicted child sex offender, who once lived in Dunedin, has been arrested in the West Coast. 52-year-old man Darren Jolly was arrested by police in Westport this morning over warrants to arrest for allegedly breaching his probation conditions. A police spokeswoman said there had been confirmed sightings of the sex offender in Hector, in northern Buller, and this information was being followed up by local police. Jolly has more than 110 convictions for sex with underage girls, indecent sex acts, fraud, theft, assault and dangerous driving. Jolly was released to Dunedin in 2016, prompting some City Rise schools to warn pupils and their families about a sex offender being in the area.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 16, 2018 02:26 UTC