35 conditions set for serial paedophile Gavin Shaun Schuster’s release from jail to live in Kilburn

SERIAL sex predator Gavin Shaun Schuster must comply with 35 strict conditions if he is released into a northern Adelaide suburb. FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE

The 35 conditions to control this paedophile

SERIAL sex predator Gavin Shaun Schuster must comply with 35 strict conditions — including that he not have any contact with children — if he is released into a northern Adelaide suburb.

On Monday, the Supreme Court approved Schuster’s release to an Anglicare facility at Kilburn but he remains in custody while prosecutors prepare an appeal against the court’s decision.

The Advertiser can now reveal the full list of conditions which the Parole Board supplied to the court and Justice John Sulan approved.

Those conditions include that Schuster wear a GPS tracking device and not associate, or try to contact, anyone aged under 16 even if they are with an adult.

He would also be banned from communicating with a child either by writing, phone or via the internet, or from working with or being involved in an organisation that provides social, recreational or other facilities for children.

Other conditions approved by the court ahead of his release include that Schuster not provide or offer accommodation to any child or loiter near any school, public toilet, playground or place where children regularly attend.

He would also be banned from possessing or using any photographic equipment or using any computer network.

Schuster, 40, has spent decades in prison for repeated offending against both boys and girls. In 2000, he was indefinitely detained as an uncontrollable sex predator. He has remained in custody since, except for a short period in 2008, when he was released and reoffended two months later.

Since the age of 12, Schuster has befriended children, both boys and girls, and then sexually abused them when he feels “frustrated” with daily life.

His current bid for supervised release began in 2013, but has stalled due to a lack of suitable accommodation for him.

At a previous hearing, Justice Sulan said conditions for Schuster’s release should be set by the Parole Board.

In court on Monday, Justice Sulan amended the conditions provided by the board to include clause 8a — the condition that Schuster not leave the premises at any time without permission and then “only in the company of a person approved by your Community Corrections Officer and that whilst outside the premises you remain in the company of that person”.

Schuster’s doctors insist he must be released now to avoid institutionalisation, while Justice Sulan has previously conceded he will “always” be a risk but “nothing is perfect in this world”.

Kilburn resident Jodi Daniels, who stared a petition at Change.org which has almost 15,000 signatures, said locals were opposed to Schuster’s release into the facility.

Ms Daniels previously said Schuster should remain in custody given his repeated offending.

“Kilburn has spoken and we don’t want him here,” she said.

“We would like to see him remain in custody indefinitely ... he is still a risk to children.”

Schuster remains in custody after prosecutor Lucy Boord on Monday sought a stay on Schuster’s release for 10 days “to allow for the director to file a notice of appeal” which is yet to be filed.

The matter will return to court to hear that appeal.

THE FULL LIST OF CONDITIONS

The Parole Board proposed the following conditions of licence for Gavin Shaun Schuster:

1. That you be of good behaviour, keep peace towards persons, and do not commit any breach of the law.

2. That you be under the supervision of a Community Corrections Officer appointed by the Parole Board of South Australia and that you obey the directions of the appointed officer (in this order referred to as your “Community Corrections Officer”).

3. That immediately upon your release you report to your Community Corrections Officer.

4. That you carry out faithfully all instructions and requirements of the Community Corrections Officer and/or Home Detention Officer under whose supervision you have, from time to time, been placed.

5. That you attend for interviews as and when required by your Community Corrections Officer.

6. That you follow your Community Correction Officer’s direction in relation to the people with whom you associate.

7. That you do not depart or attempt to depart from the State of South Australia without the prior (written) permission of the Parole Board.

8. That unless and until an alternative residence is approved by the Parole Board, you shall reside at (your address). Limiting your place of residence for the purpose of GPS and/or Electronic Monitoring, to the area bounded by a distance of 10m from the front of that property and the rear and side fences of that property.

8. a) That you not leave the premises at any time except with the permission of your Community Corrections Officer and only in the company of a person approved by your Community Corrections Officer and that whilst outside the premises you remain in the company of that person.

9. That you wear a GPS tracking device.

10. That you do not change your place of residence without the prior written permission of the Parole Board.

11. That you report TWICE weekly in person to, and meet with, your Community Corrections Officer under whose supervision you have from time to time been placed and this is not to be varied without the approval of the Parole Board.

12. That you be subject to electronic monitoring (GPS). Upon your release from custody the Parole Board directs that you be subjected to an intensive supervision regime with the Intensive Compliance Unit (ICU), including electronic monitoring for such time as the Parole Board shall determine, and that you obey all directions, requirements and rules of the ICU program, and comply with the directions of the ICU officer under whose supervision you are placed. You are directed to travel directly to (your address), on your release and immediately telephone the ICU Office.

13. That you use the mobile telephone provided by your Community Corrections Officer only for the purpose of making contact with Home Detention Officers in a situation of emergency.

14. That you abstain from alcohol.

15. That you do not. other than in strict accordance with the directions given to you by a legally qualified medical practitioner, use, possess or administer any narcotic or psychotropic drugs or any drug which cannot be legally obtained without the prescription from a legally qualified medical practitioner unless you have a prescription from a legally qualified medical practitioner for such a drug.

16. That you advise your Community Corrections Officer of any drug that has been prescribed to you by a legally qualified Medical Practitioner.

17. That you do not enter upon or remain upon any licensed premises.

18. That you comply with the planned schedule of weekly activities and appointments provided to you by your Community Corrections Officer and/or Home Detention Officer and comply with your approved leave passes.

19. That you undertake 1:1 counselling or other intervention as directed by your Community Corrections Officer to address your sexual offending.

20. That you attend the Special Needs Program of Community Service at the direction or your Community Corrections Officer and comply with any directions given by the program staff.

21. That you undertake and complete a psychiatric assessment at the direction of your Community Corrections Officer and that you thereafter undertake and co-operate with such treatment as is recommended.

22. That you take such medication as your treating psychiatrist shall prescribe.

23. That you undertake and complete a psychological assessment at the direction of your Community Corrections Officer and that you thereafter undertake and co-operate with such treatment as is recommended.

24. That you not contact, attempt to contact or associate in any way with your sister.

25. That you not associate with, or attempt to associate with, any person under the age of 16 years whether or not that person is in the company of another adult.

26. That you do not directly or indirectly communicate with, or attempt to communicate with, any person under the age of 16 years whether by written correspondence, telephone or other electronic means, including facsimile, computer and the internet.

27. That you not provide or offer accommodation to any child.

28. That you not loiter without reasonable excuse, at or in the vicinity of a school, public toilet, playground or place at which children are regularly present at the school, toilet, playground or place.

29. That you not undertake any remunerated or voluntary work with children or participate in any organisation which provides recreational, social, educational or other facilities for children.

30. That you not use or be involved in, or be linked to, any computer network through the telephone system or other electronic means or enter that part of any premises in which such facilities are provided for use by the public.

31. That you do not possess or use any photographic equipment without the prior written permission of the Parole Board.

32. That you present yourself for urine testing as and where directed by your Community Corrections Officer and that you do all things and sign all such forms as may be necessary to enable this, the said urine to be analysed and the results of such analysis provided to your Community Corrections Officer and/or the Parole Board.

33. That you submit to any breath testing analysis as directed by your Community Corrections Officer.

34. That you shall not possess any firearm, any ammunition or any offensive or prohibited weapon, replica or dangerous article unless you have first obtained the written permission of the Parole Board to do so and comply with the terms and conditions of that permission.

35. That you take all steps necessary to comply with the requirements of the Australian National Child Offender Register (ANCOR).