Photo / Sylvie WhinrayA paedophile who groomed an Auckland teenager online then tried to lure her overseas is back behind bars after contacting the girl again in breach of his release conditions. Atkins - who was also jailed in 2011 for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl - was eventually released after serving his second lag. This Facebook message to an Auckland teen landed convicted child sex offender Tony Steven Atkins back in jail in South Australia. The mother immediately contacted the same South Australian detectives who had previously prosecuted Atkins in connection with his communications with the girl. A court eventually granted an emergency order after the mother lodged her own application and the girl is now back in the mother's custody.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 14, 2021 23:15 UTC