A CONVICTED sex offender who failed to tell gardaí when he changed address left the hostel he was staying at because his wife was being racially abused, a court has heard. Patrick Toner (57) was legally obliged as a registered offender to notify gardaí of where he was living and made a “mistake” when he neglected to do this, his defence said. He had felt he and his wife had to move because of the abuse she was getting. Judge Bryan Smyth fined him €250 at Dublin District Court. Toner, of St Mary’s Place, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to failing to notify gardaí of a change of address und...