Convicted Yass paedophile Leon Michael Wicks has been taken into custody charged with another sex offence against a child.
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Police charged the 52-year-old with assault with an act of indecency. The charge relates to an alleged incident with a 16-year-old boy near Yass in January.
Police said the boy, who had formerly worked with Wicks, reported the incident on Friday.
Wicks attended Yass Police Station on Tuesday and was arrested and charged with the indecency offence and failure to comply with reporting conditions that are necessary as part of his listing on the Child Protection Register.
He appeared in Goulburn Local Court on Wednesday, did not apply for bail and did not enter pleas to these latest charges.
Wicks, a former TAFE employee, was convicted of paedophilia in 2005 when he pleaded guilty to having sex with boys during a trip to Thailand. He was sentenced to five years jail with a non-parole period of three years.
He was again arrested in 2011 when police raided his home and seized child pornography materials.
He was sentenced to 21 months behind bars and in January that was extended by two months for further sex offences.
Shock-jock Ray Hadley blasted Wicks’ past offences during his 2GB morning show on Wednesday.
“When is this going to stop?” he said.
“When is someone going to say this is a recidivous offender who just can’t control himself, when’s someone going to stop him.”
Mr Hadley was outraged.
“This is a sick individual and the community of Yass know everything about him, yet he continues to allegedly offend.”
Wicks will be back in Goulburn Local Court on July 16.