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Raymond Hewlett - Background Information
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TIMELINE: Hewlett, Molseed, Kiszko, Castree, McCann
I saw Maddie twice, admits paedophile
June 06 2009
Herald
Conor Feehan
Convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett has told detectives that he saw missing Madeleine McCann twice before she disappeared.Hewlett (64) had previously denied being near the resort of Praia da Luz in Portugal, from where Madeleine was snatched. It has been reported that Hewlett told detectives he was so close to the little girl, he was able to see the distinctive marking in her right eye.
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Conor Feehan
Convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett has told detectives that he saw missing Madeleine McCann twice before she disappeared.Hewlett (64) had previously denied being near the resort of Praia da Luz in Portugal, from where Madeleine was snatched. It has been reported that Hewlett told detectives he was so close to the little girl, he was able to see the distinctive marking in her right eye.
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I saw Maddie twice, admits paedo suspect; sensational confession to cops
6 June 2009
The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri
[ NOTE: This information appears come solely from McCann spokesman CLARENCE MITCHELL. Can it be assumed that when the information is attributed to "a SOURCE" it is actually CLARENCE MITCHELL speaking "OFF THE RECORD"? ]
Child-sex fiend Raymond Hewlett has sensationally admitted he TWICE saw Madeleine McCann before she vanished. Hewlett, 64, claimed he was at the holiday resort where Maddie was kidnapped — and got so close to her that he could see the distinctive flaw in her right eye.
[ NOTE: Raymond Hewlett did NOT confess to having been in Praia da Luz or to seeing Madeleine in person. He said he'd seen her image on posters etc. and that he had not been in Praia da Luz since he first arrived in Portugal with his wife and children in 2002 - 5 years prior to Madeleine's disappearance. ]
The pervert — who has a string of convictions for sexually assaulting young girls — is said to have made his confession to police who questioned him about a 1975 attack on an eight-year-old.
[ NOTE: Max McLean, investigator in the Lesley Molseed murder was one of those officers. ]
That is a dramatic U-turn after Hewlett previously claimed he had never been near the Ocean Club holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal — where Maddie disappeared days before her fourth birthday in May 2007.
Two senior officers from West Yorkshire Police travelled to Germany, where Hewlett is in hospital being treated for throat cancer. A SOURCE close to the investigation said Hewlett told the cops he had been to the Ocean Club and seen Maddie.
The SOURCE added:
"He said he had seen her at least two times and had wandered around the complex several times. "He said he had been so close to Maddie he was able to see the distinctive mark in her right eye. "He didn't say why he had previously denied ever being in Praia da Luz. It's obviously a disturbing development."
Last night CLARENCE MITCHELL, official spokesman for Maddie's parents Gerry and Kate, said it was vital Hewlett now spoke to private investigators employed by the family to find Maddie.
He [CLARENCE MITCHELL] said:
"If Mr Hewlett has any credible information about Madeleine it is absolutely imperative that he should speak to the investigators as a priority. Mr Hewlett and his representatives must do the right thing and allow the private investigators to do their work."
Hewlett, originally from Todmorden, England, refused to see the McCanns' investigators when they flew to Germany two weeks ago. He now says he will talk to them — if he is paid.
[ NOTE: No credible source has been found to support this allegation. ]
But Mr [CLARENCE] MITCHELL said:
"No payment will be made for any such interview."
Hewlett has also employed a lawyer to try to sell his story to newspapers for thousands of pounds.
[ NOTE: No credible source has been found to support this allegation and the alleged lawyer has never been named. ]
The SOURCE said:
"There are fears he's trying to cash in on Maddie, and it may be that he has made these claims to get more money. Whatever his motives, he needs to be seen by the investigators because he may have vital information."
Hewlett emerged as a suspect in Maddie's abduction after it was revealed he was living at a campsite nearby in May 2007. British tourists who spoke to him said he was "obsessed" with the case.
[ NOTE: BRITISH TOURISTS: PETER VERRAN, ALAN THOMPSON AND CINDY THOMPSON ]
Police wanting to quiz Hewlett over the 1975 assault had been unable to trace him as he travelled around Europe and Morocco after being released from prison. His lawyer in Germany says he only has weeks to live.
Hewlett has now provided cops with a DNA sample which will be compared to evidence from 1975.
[ NOTE: Hewlett was eliminated from the Molseed investigation based on the claim by the police that his DNA did not match the DNA found on Lesley Molseed's clothing. They were, therefore, already in possession of Hewlett's DNA. ]
Hewlett has viewed Ireland as a safe haven for years and has taken refuge here many times. He fled here after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the 1980s but was brought back to Britain to face trial. After he was released he returned in 1993, living in a commune in County Donegal. But the sicko was eventually asked to leave by worried parents.
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The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri
[ NOTE: This information appears come solely from McCann spokesman CLARENCE MITCHELL. Can it be assumed that when the information is attributed to "a SOURCE" it is actually CLARENCE MITCHELL speaking "OFF THE RECORD"? ]
Child-sex fiend Raymond Hewlett has sensationally admitted he TWICE saw Madeleine McCann before she vanished. Hewlett, 64, claimed he was at the holiday resort where Maddie was kidnapped — and got so close to her that he could see the distinctive flaw in her right eye.
[ NOTE: Raymond Hewlett did NOT confess to having been in Praia da Luz or to seeing Madeleine in person. He said he'd seen her image on posters etc. and that he had not been in Praia da Luz since he first arrived in Portugal with his wife and children in 2002 - 5 years prior to Madeleine's disappearance. ]
The pervert — who has a string of convictions for sexually assaulting young girls — is said to have made his confession to police who questioned him about a 1975 attack on an eight-year-old.
[ NOTE: Max McLean, investigator in the Lesley Molseed murder was one of those officers. ]
That is a dramatic U-turn after Hewlett previously claimed he had never been near the Ocean Club holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal — where Maddie disappeared days before her fourth birthday in May 2007.
Two senior officers from West Yorkshire Police travelled to Germany, where Hewlett is in hospital being treated for throat cancer. A SOURCE close to the investigation said Hewlett told the cops he had been to the Ocean Club and seen Maddie.
The SOURCE added:
"He said he had seen her at least two times and had wandered around the complex several times. "He said he had been so close to Maddie he was able to see the distinctive mark in her right eye. "He didn't say why he had previously denied ever being in Praia da Luz. It's obviously a disturbing development."
Last night CLARENCE MITCHELL, official spokesman for Maddie's parents Gerry and Kate, said it was vital Hewlett now spoke to private investigators employed by the family to find Maddie.
He [CLARENCE MITCHELL] said:
"If Mr Hewlett has any credible information about Madeleine it is absolutely imperative that he should speak to the investigators as a priority. Mr Hewlett and his representatives must do the right thing and allow the private investigators to do their work."
Hewlett, originally from Todmorden, England, refused to see the McCanns' investigators when they flew to Germany two weeks ago. He now says he will talk to them — if he is paid.
[ NOTE: No credible source has been found to support this allegation. ]
But Mr [CLARENCE] MITCHELL said:
"No payment will be made for any such interview."
Hewlett has also employed a lawyer to try to sell his story to newspapers for thousands of pounds.
[ NOTE: No credible source has been found to support this allegation and the alleged lawyer has never been named. ]
The SOURCE said:
"There are fears he's trying to cash in on Maddie, and it may be that he has made these claims to get more money. Whatever his motives, he needs to be seen by the investigators because he may have vital information."
Hewlett emerged as a suspect in Maddie's abduction after it was revealed he was living at a campsite nearby in May 2007. British tourists who spoke to him said he was "obsessed" with the case.
[ NOTE: BRITISH TOURISTS: PETER VERRAN, ALAN THOMPSON AND CINDY THOMPSON ]
Police wanting to quiz Hewlett over the 1975 assault had been unable to trace him as he travelled around Europe and Morocco after being released from prison. His lawyer in Germany says he only has weeks to live.
Hewlett has now provided cops with a DNA sample which will be compared to evidence from 1975.
[ NOTE: Hewlett was eliminated from the Molseed investigation based on the claim by the police that his DNA did not match the DNA found on Lesley Molseed's clothing. They were, therefore, already in possession of Hewlett's DNA. ]
Hewlett has viewed Ireland as a safe haven for years and has taken refuge here many times. He fled here after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the 1980s but was brought back to Britain to face trial. After he was released he returned in 1993, living in a commune in County Donegal. But the sicko was eventually asked to leave by worried parents.
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Paedophile who lived in Carlingford will speak to Maddie detectives
3 June 2009
Dundalk Democrat
Tamara O'Connell
A PAEDOPHILE who lived in Carlingford has agreed to speak to detectives investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann. Serial sex offender, Raymond Hewlett has said he will answer the questions of two British ex-policemen employed by the little girl's family. The father-of-eight, who has convictions for kidnapping and raping or molesting four young girls in England, has lived on and off in Ireland for the past two decades.
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Dundalk Democrat
Tamara O'Connell
A PAEDOPHILE who lived in Carlingford has agreed to speak to detectives investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann. Serial sex offender, Raymond Hewlett has said he will answer the questions of two British ex-policemen employed by the little girl's family. The father-of-eight, who has convictions for kidnapping and raping or molesting four young girls in England, has lived on and off in Ireland for the past two decades.
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Lair of a monster
31 May 2009
The Sunday Life
EXCLUSIVE ON THE TRAIL OF NO.1 SUSPECT IN MYSTERY OF THE DECADE
Rodney Edwards
This is the Ulster flat where Maddie suspect and convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett lived in the ’90s
A convicted paedophile who is a suspect in the disappearance of Madeline McCann previously lived in this Fermanagh block of flats. Raymond Hewlett (62) resided in a small apartment above a chip shop on Enniskillen’s Belmore Street and made several friends in the town. Hewlett is now the main suspect in the Maddie case after it emerged he lived near Praia da Luz at the time Maddie went missing from the Portuguese resort in May 2007, days before her fourth birthday.
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EXCLUSIVE ON THE TRAIL OF NO.1 SUSPECT IN MYSTERY OF THE DECADE
Rodney Edwards
This is the Ulster flat where Maddie suspect and convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett lived in the ’90s
A convicted paedophile who is a suspect in the disappearance of Madeline McCann previously lived in this Fermanagh block of flats. Raymond Hewlett (62) resided in a small apartment above a chip shop on Enniskillen’s Belmore Street and made several friends in the town. Hewlett is now the main suspect in the Maddie case after it emerged he lived near Praia da Luz at the time Maddie went missing from the Portuguese resort in May 2007, days before her fourth birthday.
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Journal behind the Madeline McCann 8 Ball
May 27, 2009
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Yesterday’s Derry Journal ‘revealed’ that convicted sex offender, Raymond Hewlett, used to live in Urris, Co. Donegal.The story was already widely reported over the weekend, including the Sunday Tribune, which mentioned the Dunaff link, the Mail and the Times. The Irish Independent shockingly describes how Hewlett is a suspect for the disappearance of young Mary Boyle, 6, who went missing in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal in 1977. Hewlett was working reportedly working in the county at the time.
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Yesterday’s Derry Journal ‘revealed’ that convicted sex offender, Raymond Hewlett, used to live in Urris, Co. Donegal.The story was already widely reported over the weekend, including the Sunday Tribune, which mentioned the Dunaff link, the Mail and the Times. The Irish Independent shockingly describes how Hewlett is a suspect for the disappearance of young Mary Boyle, 6, who went missing in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal in 1977. Hewlett was working reportedly working in the county at the time.
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Maddie suspect lived in Donegal
24 May 2009
Donegal On Sunday
Connie Duffy
Investigators want to hear from anyone in Donegal who may have encountered a convicted British paedophile who has sensationally re-emerged as a key suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Raymond Hewlett, 64, who has been jailed for a catalogue of child sex crimes and assaults in Britain, is known to have lived in Donegal as well as Louth and Kerry and visited at least nine counties, including Fermanagh and Tyrone.
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Donegal On Sunday
Connie Duffy
Investigators want to hear from anyone in Donegal who may have encountered a convicted British paedophile who has sensationally re-emerged as a key suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Raymond Hewlett, 64, who has been jailed for a catalogue of child sex crimes and assaults in Britain, is known to have lived in Donegal as well as Louth and Kerry and visited at least nine counties, including Fermanagh and Tyrone.
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FIEND IN THE FRAME
24 May 2009
The News of the World
BY KEITH GLADDIS
Maddie suspect's Irish past fits crime
A COP who interrogated Madeleine McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett says the case carries all the hallmarks of the sick sex beast who struck in Ireland.
Former Detective Superintendent Trevor Wilkinson spent years on the trail of the convicted paedophile, who was in Portugal when Maddie vanished two years ago.
And Mr Wilkinson told the Irish News of the World the snatching of the child from her holiday apartment matches the predator's offending profile.
He said: "He is constantly looking for prey and we know he is prepared to enter a property to get to a child, which he's done."
Hewlett, 64, critically ill with cancer in a German hospital, has been jailed three times for kidnap and molesting young girls and is connected to a string of other attacks on kids.
In 1998 the Irish News of the World found him in an isolated cottage in the remote Cooley mountains in Co Louth. Schoolkids would visit his home where he pretended to be a maths teacher who could help with homework.
He was forced out of Dunaff, Co Donegal, moved near Tralee, Co Kerry, and has spent time in Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Wesmeath, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
Detectives hired by Kate and Gerry McCann hope to quiz the pervert this week.
They plan to grill him about his whereabouts when Maddie went missing and about other paedos in Portugal. Ex-detective Dave Edgar and his team have just gathered new information in the Algarve.
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BY KEITH GLADDIS
Maddie suspect's Irish past fits crime
A COP who interrogated Madeleine McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett says the case carries all the hallmarks of the sick sex beast who struck in Ireland.
Former Detective Superintendent Trevor Wilkinson spent years on the trail of the convicted paedophile, who was in Portugal when Maddie vanished two years ago.
And Mr Wilkinson told the Irish News of the World the snatching of the child from her holiday apartment matches the predator's offending profile.
He said: "He is constantly looking for prey and we know he is prepared to enter a property to get to a child, which he's done."
Hewlett, 64, critically ill with cancer in a German hospital, has been jailed three times for kidnap and molesting young girls and is connected to a string of other attacks on kids.
In 1998 the Irish News of the World found him in an isolated cottage in the remote Cooley mountains in Co Louth. Schoolkids would visit his home where he pretended to be a maths teacher who could help with homework.
He was forced out of Dunaff, Co Donegal, moved near Tralee, Co Kerry, and has spent time in Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Wesmeath, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
Detectives hired by Kate and Gerry McCann hope to quiz the pervert this week.
They plan to grill him about his whereabouts when Maddie went missing and about other paedos in Portugal. Ex-detective Dave Edgar and his team have just gathered new information in the Algarve.
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Sex offender linked to Madeleine 'not under suspicion' here – gardaí
May 24, 2009
Tribune
Ali Bracken
A serial sex offender, whom private detectives are "interested" in speaking to about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, lived in Ireland on and off between 1997 and 2001 but was never under investigation for committing a crime in this country. Garda sources have hit out at "hysterical stories" in newspapers last week stating that Raymond Hewlett, 64, who is being treated for throat cancer in a German hospital, is wanted for questioning by gardaí for alleged crimes here.
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Ali Bracken
Raymond Hewlett: lived in Cork and Donegal
A serial sex offender, whom private detectives are "interested" in speaking to about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, lived in Ireland on and off between 1997 and 2001 but was never under investigation for committing a crime in this country. Garda sources have hit out at "hysterical stories" in newspapers last week stating that Raymond Hewlett, 64, who is being treated for throat cancer in a German hospital, is wanted for questioning by gardaí for alleged crimes here.
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Irish haven of Madeleine suspect
May 24 2009
Sunday Independent
Jim Cusack
Raymond Hewlett, the convicted paedophile who has emerged as a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, travelled back and forth between Britain and Ireland from the mid-Seventies until 1999.
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Jim Cusack
Raymond Hewlett, the convicted paedophile who has emerged as a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, travelled back and forth between Britain and Ireland from the mid-Seventies until 1999.
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Cunning predator and 30 years of depravity
23 May 2009
Daily Mail
Michael Seamark
Compile a profile of Madeleine McCann's possible abductor and there are few more suitable suspects than Raymond Hewlett. He's a convicted predatory paedophile - a man detectives describe as cunning and a danger to children - who flits from country to country.Given that he speaks English and, crucially, was within striking distance of Praia da Luz when three-year- old Madeleine went missing, Hewlitt ticks a a great many boxes.
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Michael Seamark
Compile a profile of Madeleine McCann's possible abductor and there are few more suitable suspects than Raymond Hewlett. He's a convicted predatory paedophile - a man detectives describe as cunning and a danger to children - who flits from country to country.Given that he speaks English and, crucially, was within striking distance of Praia da Luz when three-year- old Madeleine went missing, Hewlitt ticks a a great many boxes.
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Ahern's certainty that sex offenders are monitored is misplaced
November 26, 2006
Sunday Tribune
Bertie Ahern's assertions that Ireland is not a haven for sex offenders hold little credibility. The reality is that he simply doesn't know. The taoiseach insisted in the Dail last week that any sex offender coming from Northern Ireland or Britain was obliged by law to notify gardai of his or her whereabouts and, he said, failure to do so carries a penalty or imprisonment. That this is a fact is irrefutable but there's no guarantee that sex offenders will do so. All the evidence points to the contrary.
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Bertie Ahern's assertions that Ireland is not a haven for sex offenders hold little credibility. The reality is that he simply doesn't know. The taoiseach insisted in the Dail last week that any sex offender coming from Northern Ireland or Britain was obliged by law to notify gardai of his or her whereabouts and, he said, failure to do so carries a penalty or imprisonment. That this is a fact is irrefutable but there's no guarantee that sex offenders will do so. All the evidence points to the contrary.
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Do you know this man?
13 January 2002
The Sunday Mirror
Nicola Tallant
Probe into girl's murder 26 years ago switches to Ireland as police track runaway Hewlett...A suspected child killer and convicted paedophile is on the loose and thought to be hiding in Ireland
UK police say Raymond Hewlett, 56, who has been jailed for a catalogue of child sex crimes and assaults in Britain, is known to have lived in Donegal, Louth and Kerry and visited at least nine counties.
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Nicola Tallant
Probe into girl's murder 26 years ago switches to Ireland as police track runaway Hewlett...A suspected child killer and convicted paedophile is on the loose and thought to be hiding in Ireland
UK police say Raymond Hewlett, 56, who has been jailed for a catalogue of child sex crimes and assaults in Britain, is known to have lived in Donegal, Louth and Kerry and visited at least nine counties.
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Gardai appeal for man over child killing
13 January 2002
The People
Nicola Tallant
Police have released chilling new pictures of pervert Raymond Hewlett who they want to question over the death of a schoolgirl and who believe may be hiding out in Ireland. Officers in the UK have released a photograph taken in 1997 which shows the 56-year-old paedophile father of eight with his pregnant girlfriend Marianne Schmucker in the hope that someone may recognise him. They believe the sex beast who has kidnapped, raped and assaulted several young girls may still be with Marianne and a child.
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Nicola Tallant
Police have released chilling new pictures of pervert Raymond Hewlett who they want to question over the death of a schoolgirl and who believe may be hiding out in Ireland. Officers in the UK have released a photograph taken in 1997 which shows the 56-year-old paedophile father of eight with his pregnant girlfriend Marianne Schmucker in the hope that someone may recognise him. They believe the sex beast who has kidnapped, raped and assaulted several young girls may still be with Marianne and a child.
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HUNT FOR RUNAWAY PAEDO IN IRELAND
18 December 2001
Mirror
By NIALL MOONAN
Brit pervert poses risk
ONE of Britain's most dangerous paedophiles is being hunted in Ireland, it was revealed yesterday.
Vicious sex offender Raymond Hewlett, 56, is on the run from English police and Irish authorities have been told he is hiding here.
In the past Hewlett, who sedates his victims before sexually assaulting them, has fled to Ireland to escape the British authorities and they believe he may now be back.
Hewlett is a suspect in the savage sex murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in Rochdale in 1975 and Gardai have revealed he still poses a serious danger to children.
A Garda source said: "This man is dangerous and should not be approached. We have been working closely with colleagues in Britain to track him down.
"We have a file on him and obviously it's in everyone's interests to find him given his past record."
Hewlett, originally from Blackpool in Lancashire, has also been investigated over possible links with several women who went missing in Leinster.
But Operation Trace, the Garda squad set up to investigate the disappearances, could find no connection between him and any of the cases.
Hewlett's connections with Ireland date back to 1997 when he was spotted cruising remote areas in a van.
He also claimed social welfare benefits in Kinsale, Co Cork, Dundalk, Co Louth, Sligo and Letterkenny, Dunfanaghy and Buncrana, Co Donegal.
Hewlett has convictions for rape and sex assaults and is considered to be a serious danger especially to young girls.
One Garda revealed: "Hewlett poses as an undercover police officer to search young girls or befriends their family to gain access to their children."
Hewlett is 5ft 8ins, of stocky build, has blue/green eyes, is balding at the front and has a prominent upper lip.
He also has "Sue" tattooed on his left wrist. Anyone who may have seen him is asked to contact Gardai on 1800 666 111.
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By NIALL MOONAN
Brit pervert poses risk
ONE of Britain's most dangerous paedophiles is being hunted in Ireland, it was revealed yesterday.
Vicious sex offender Raymond Hewlett, 56, is on the run from English police and Irish authorities have been told he is hiding here.
In the past Hewlett, who sedates his victims before sexually assaulting them, has fled to Ireland to escape the British authorities and they believe he may now be back.
Hewlett is a suspect in the savage sex murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in Rochdale in 1975 and Gardai have revealed he still poses a serious danger to children.
A Garda source said: "This man is dangerous and should not be approached. We have been working closely with colleagues in Britain to track him down.
"We have a file on him and obviously it's in everyone's interests to find him given his past record."
Hewlett, originally from Blackpool in Lancashire, has also been investigated over possible links with several women who went missing in Leinster.
But Operation Trace, the Garda squad set up to investigate the disappearances, could find no connection between him and any of the cases.
Hewlett's connections with Ireland date back to 1997 when he was spotted cruising remote areas in a van.
He also claimed social welfare benefits in Kinsale, Co Cork, Dundalk, Co Louth, Sligo and Letterkenny, Dunfanaghy and Buncrana, Co Donegal.
Hewlett has convictions for rape and sex assaults and is considered to be a serious danger especially to young girls.
One Garda revealed: "Hewlett poses as an undercover police officer to search young girls or befriends their family to gain access to their children."
Hewlett is 5ft 8ins, of stocky build, has blue/green eyes, is balding at the front and has a prominent upper lip.
He also has "Sue" tattooed on his left wrist. Anyone who may have seen him is asked to contact Gardai on 1800 666 111.
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Police alarm as paedophiles seek refuge in Ireland
18 August 2000
The Independent
By Cahal Milmo
Sex offenders: Vigilantes have driven high-risk abusers across the Irish Sea, where the authorities fear they may strike again
Protests in Britain have provoked an exodus of sex offenders who believe they can find a haven from vigilantes in Ireland, Irish police said yesterday.
They believe a dozen British child abusers - including two considered "high-risk" paedophiles by the UK authorities - have secretly entered Ireland.
The men are feared to have gone to ground across Ireland, where there are no passport controls and no sex offenders' register. Child protection experts said the paedophiles believe they can evade detection.
There is increasing evidence that the violence which followed the name-and-shame campaign by the News of the World is forcing some sex offenders to seek isolated hideaways after one abuser, Thomas Maxwell, escaped jail because he was living in "voluntary exile" in the Hebrides.
Residents in the village of Leverburgh, on Harris in the Western Isles, last night vowed to campaign to force out the 60-year-old, who has gone into hiding and failed to contact his probation authority.
In Ireland, surveillance at ports and airports has been stepped up after officers received tip-offs from British police that paedophiles from their areas were heading across the Irish Sea.
One offender, a 36-year-old Birmingham man convicted of offences against young boys, was arrested at Dublin airport last week as he tried to enter and ordered to return to the UK.
But Irish police admitted that others running scared of protests in places such as Portsmouth and Manchester have managed to gain clandestine entry and present a risk of further offending.
Brendan Costello, spokesman at the police headquarters in Dublin, said: "Paedophiles coming from Britain to Ireland are slipping through the net. The numbers are not huge but they have increased since the protests. It is impossible for us to monitor every individual coming into Ireland from Britain and the risk is that they may offend again."
The police said 80 per cent of known paedophiles entering Ireland were being monitored, thanks to tip-offs from British police and information from residents where offenders settle.
But a Dublin police source added: "The system is far from ideal because we are reliant on word of mouth from our opposite numbers in Britain and historically there has been little monitoring of paedophiles here. We think there are around a dozen men who have stolen their way in over the last few weeks and feel they are safe from detection. Until or unless they commit crimes again, that is probably true."
Detectives have drawn up a list of paedophiles in an attempt to track down the most dangerous individuals at large.
One serial sex offender, Raymond Hewlett, 55, is in hiding after disappearing from an isolated cottage in Carlingford, Co Louth, in the north-east of the country last year.
The father-of-eight, who has convictions for kidnapping and raping or molesting four young girls in England, is wanted for questioning in connection with a series of attempted abductions in the republic.
Hewlett was also the main suspect for the murder 25 years ago of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed on the Yorkshire Moors. In one of the most high-profile miscarriages of justice, Stefan Kiszko was jailed for life and served 16 years before his conviction was quashed in 1992. He died a year later.
Hewlett was arrested on suspicion of killing Lesley after his release from a separate prison sentence in 1993. He was eventually freed through a lack of evidence.
Officials at the National Criminal Intelligence Service in London, which keeps a list of around 300 British high-risk itinerant paedophiles, said they were aware of offenders heading for Ireland. It is understood two child abusers on the NCIS serious sexual offenders' database have crossed the Irish Sea in the past month. Their details have been passed to the police.
Child protection experts warned that signals from the British government that stricter sentencing could be introduced for paedophiles will drive more offenders overseas.
An Irish sex offenders' register, similar to that in Britain, will not come into force until end of the year, welfare workers said.
Paul Gilligan, chief executive of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said: "The name-and-shame campaign in Britain has made Ireland an attractive option for British paedophiles. The evidence is strong from police officers and social workers that some abusers have already come into the country and gone to ground. There is a definite perception that Ireland is a haven for their kind."
Ireland's Sex Offenders Bill 2000 will require those with convictions for sex crimes to register with the police when they arrive. But campaigners say the Bill does not go far enough in providing public access to information. It will also include only those convicted of offences after it comes into force.
In Scotland, community leaders among the 400 people in Leverburgh vowed that their village would not become a paedophile haven after Thomas Maxwell was found to be living in their midst. This week, the blacksmith escaped prison for sexual offences against a 12-year-old girl in Alloa but went into hiding in Stornoway on Lewis when his conviction became public knowledge.
John Mitchell, chairman of the South Harris Community Council, said: "We have a system where living in this village is deemed a punishment equivalent to prison. We will not stop until this man has left."
Neil Galbraith, chief executive of the Western Isles Council, the probation authority responsible for Maxwell, said: "He has not been in touch. We do not know whether he intends to stay or where he is. The effects of the publicity about him are clear to see."
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The Independent
By Cahal Milmo
Sex offenders: Vigilantes have driven high-risk abusers across the Irish Sea, where the authorities fear they may strike again
Protests in Britain have provoked an exodus of sex offenders who believe they can find a haven from vigilantes in Ireland, Irish police said yesterday.
They believe a dozen British child abusers - including two considered "high-risk" paedophiles by the UK authorities - have secretly entered Ireland.
The men are feared to have gone to ground across Ireland, where there are no passport controls and no sex offenders' register. Child protection experts said the paedophiles believe they can evade detection.
There is increasing evidence that the violence which followed the name-and-shame campaign by the News of the World is forcing some sex offenders to seek isolated hideaways after one abuser, Thomas Maxwell, escaped jail because he was living in "voluntary exile" in the Hebrides.
Residents in the village of Leverburgh, on Harris in the Western Isles, last night vowed to campaign to force out the 60-year-old, who has gone into hiding and failed to contact his probation authority.
In Ireland, surveillance at ports and airports has been stepped up after officers received tip-offs from British police that paedophiles from their areas were heading across the Irish Sea.
One offender, a 36-year-old Birmingham man convicted of offences against young boys, was arrested at Dublin airport last week as he tried to enter and ordered to return to the UK.
But Irish police admitted that others running scared of protests in places such as Portsmouth and Manchester have managed to gain clandestine entry and present a risk of further offending.
Brendan Costello, spokesman at the police headquarters in Dublin, said: "Paedophiles coming from Britain to Ireland are slipping through the net. The numbers are not huge but they have increased since the protests. It is impossible for us to monitor every individual coming into Ireland from Britain and the risk is that they may offend again."
The police said 80 per cent of known paedophiles entering Ireland were being monitored, thanks to tip-offs from British police and information from residents where offenders settle.
But a Dublin police source added: "The system is far from ideal because we are reliant on word of mouth from our opposite numbers in Britain and historically there has been little monitoring of paedophiles here. We think there are around a dozen men who have stolen their way in over the last few weeks and feel they are safe from detection. Until or unless they commit crimes again, that is probably true."
Detectives have drawn up a list of paedophiles in an attempt to track down the most dangerous individuals at large.
One serial sex offender, Raymond Hewlett, 55, is in hiding after disappearing from an isolated cottage in Carlingford, Co Louth, in the north-east of the country last year.
The father-of-eight, who has convictions for kidnapping and raping or molesting four young girls in England, is wanted for questioning in connection with a series of attempted abductions in the republic.
Hewlett was also the main suspect for the murder 25 years ago of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed on the Yorkshire Moors. In one of the most high-profile miscarriages of justice, Stefan Kiszko was jailed for life and served 16 years before his conviction was quashed in 1992. He died a year later.
Hewlett was arrested on suspicion of killing Lesley after his release from a separate prison sentence in 1993. He was eventually freed through a lack of evidence.
Officials at the National Criminal Intelligence Service in London, which keeps a list of around 300 British high-risk itinerant paedophiles, said they were aware of offenders heading for Ireland. It is understood two child abusers on the NCIS serious sexual offenders' database have crossed the Irish Sea in the past month. Their details have been passed to the police.
Child protection experts warned that signals from the British government that stricter sentencing could be introduced for paedophiles will drive more offenders overseas.
An Irish sex offenders' register, similar to that in Britain, will not come into force until end of the year, welfare workers said.
Paul Gilligan, chief executive of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said: "The name-and-shame campaign in Britain has made Ireland an attractive option for British paedophiles. The evidence is strong from police officers and social workers that some abusers have already come into the country and gone to ground. There is a definite perception that Ireland is a haven for their kind."
Ireland's Sex Offenders Bill 2000 will require those with convictions for sex crimes to register with the police when they arrive. But campaigners say the Bill does not go far enough in providing public access to information. It will also include only those convicted of offences after it comes into force.
In Scotland, community leaders among the 400 people in Leverburgh vowed that their village would not become a paedophile haven after Thomas Maxwell was found to be living in their midst. This week, the blacksmith escaped prison for sexual offences against a 12-year-old girl in Alloa but went into hiding in Stornoway on Lewis when his conviction became public knowledge.
John Mitchell, chairman of the South Harris Community Council, said: "We have a system where living in this village is deemed a punishment equivalent to prison. We will not stop until this man has left."
Neil Galbraith, chief executive of the Western Isles Council, the probation authority responsible for Maxwell, said: "He has not been in touch. We do not know whether he intends to stay or where he is. The effects of the publicity about him are clear to see."
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Girl killer suspect's hideaway
6 August 2000
The News of the World
Amanda Revell Walton
A ruthless sex fiend and suspected child killer is in hiding in Ireland after dodging cops who had been tracking him for years. Detectives want to question paedophile Raymond Hewlett, 55, in connection with a series of attempts to abduct children in the Republic. Hewlett has a string of convictions for kidnapping, raping and indecently assaulting young girls. He is also the main suspect for the murder of 11-year-old schoolgirl Lesley Molseed who was molested and then stabbed to death on Britain's Yorkshire moors 25 years ago.
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The News of the World
Amanda Revell Walton
A ruthless sex fiend and suspected child killer is in hiding in Ireland after dodging cops who had been tracking him for years. Detectives want to question paedophile Raymond Hewlett, 55, in connection with a series of attempts to abduct children in the Republic. Hewlett has a string of convictions for kidnapping, raping and indecently assaulting young girls. He is also the main suspect for the murder of 11-year-old schoolgirl Lesley Molseed who was molested and then stabbed to death on Britain's Yorkshire moors 25 years ago.
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Murder quiz 24 years on
20 March 1999
The Sun
A MAN suspected of murdering an 11-year-old girl 24 years ago could face trial after her family launched a private prosecution bid.
Lesley Molseed's relatives asked lawyers to bring the action against convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett, 54.
The girl's body was found on moors near her home in Rochdale, Lancs. She had been stabbed and sexually assaulted.
Local man Hewlett, now thought to be in Ireland, was named as prime suspect in a book which told how clerk Stefan Kiszko served 16 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of Lesley's murder. Hewlett has been quizzed by cops but maintained his innocence.
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The Sun
A MAN suspected of murdering an 11-year-old girl 24 years ago could face trial after her family launched a private prosecution bid.
Lesley Molseed's relatives asked lawyers to bring the action against convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett, 54.
The girl's body was found on moors near her home in Rochdale, Lancs. She had been stabbed and sexually assaulted.
Local man Hewlett, now thought to be in Ireland, was named as prime suspect in a book which told how clerk Stefan Kiszko served 16 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of Lesley's murder. Hewlett has been quizzed by cops but maintained his innocence.
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Fugitive child sex monster is back
2 January 1999
Mirror
A dangerous British paedophile is back on the prowl in Ireland looking for victims. Convicted child abuser Raymond Hewlett, from Scotland, was believed to have left the country, but now he's returned. The 53-year-old pervert has already been jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl and is suspected of murdering another 11-year-old in Britain. He is on a paedophile register in the UK, but can move freely around Ireland in his evil quest to find more victims for his sexual depravity.
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A dangerous British paedophile is back on the prowl in Ireland looking for victims. Convicted child abuser Raymond Hewlett, from Scotland, was believed to have left the country, but now he's returned. The 53-year-old pervert has already been jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl and is suspected of murdering another 11-year-old in Britain. He is on a paedophile register in the UK, but can move freely around Ireland in his evil quest to find more victims for his sexual depravity.
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