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STUFF Corrections has apologised after allowing paedophile Aaron Laurence, who has changed his name to Aaron Castle, to be paroled to a Wellington house with 62 children nearby. A law change that requires schools to be routinely warned if sex offenders move in to the neighbourhood would amount to “disproportionately severe treatment” of offenders, Ministry of Justice lawyers say. National MP Matt Doocey, whose private bill seeks to make the changes, described the advice as “outrageous”, placing the rights of child-sex offenders above principals and parents’ right to know. He said...

STUFF Corrections has apologised after allowing paedophile Aaron Laurence, who has changed his name to Aaron Castle, to be paroled to a Wellington house with 62 children nearby. Department of Corrections is reviewing its processes after high-risk paedophile Aaron Laurence​ was paroled to a house surrounded by children and a short walk from a Wellington primary school. New information released by the Ministry of Education under the Official Information Act shows that he was paroled to a Newtown house in September. But it took 36 days, until October, for Corrections to get in touch with the...