Police hunt 'high-risk' paedophile
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Your support makes all the difference.Police are hunting a "high-risk" paedophile who disappeared from a sex offenders' clinic.
Police are hunting a "high-risk" paedophile who disappeared from a sex offenders' clinic.
They have issued a warrant for the arrest of John McCormack, 23, who is believed to be in hiding in Northampton or Bournemouth.
He was being treated at a clinic in Epsom after his conviction for sexual offences against children.
McCormack, of Kettering, Northamptonshire, was released from prison on licence on condition he followed the treatment programme.
A Surrey Police spokeswoman said: "A warrant has been issued for the his arrest. He is in breach of his prison licence.
"Anyone who knows his whereabouts should contact police. He is a high-risk sex offender."
He is subject to a sex offender's order by Northampton Magistrates Court banning him from contacting children under 16.
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