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Convicted child sex predator Allan Hopkins will be extradited after prison term in NSW

The wheels are in motion to extradite convicted sex predator Allan Hopkins back to SA … but the state will have to wait until NSW is done with him.

SA child rapist Allan Hopkins jailed in NSW

A convicted child sex predator who fled SA after serious new allegations is behind bars interstate but won’t be extradited back to face those charges until he’s served his time interstate, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says.

Allan John Hopkins, 45, was this week sentenced to at least seven months in jail in NSW for offences committed while he was on the run.

SA Police allege Hopkins had committed serious sexual offences against a child in early May.

Allan Hopkins was wanted by SA Police for serious sexual charges involving a child under the age of 18 years. He was arrested in NSW after a nationwide hunt. Picture: SAPOL
Allan Hopkins was wanted by SA Police for serious sexual charges involving a child under the age of 18 years. He was arrested in NSW after a nationwide hunt. Picture: SAPOL

Mr Stevens said the wheels were already in motion to extradite Hopkins and get him back to face his fresh charges as soon as legally possible.

“We will be preparing a brief of evidence on the understanding that the earliest release date for Hopkins is in December this year, so we will be ready to initiate extradition proceedings once we know that he is able to be extradited,” he said.

“Some people have voiced concerns that that might delay justice for victims of his offences here in South Australia.

“I can only assure people that in the ordinary course of events he would be remanded in custody while we prepare that brief of evidence anyway and the time frame might be very similar to what we will have to wait for that extradition process.”

Hopkins appeared in the Moree Local Court after his arrest in Moree on Monday following an almost two-week search that involved police from SA, NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

He was sentenced on the spot after pleading guilty to two counts of driving dangerously to avoid police pursuit, drive motor vehicle without owner’s consent, steal motor vehicle, break and enter house and steal items of value less than $60,000.

He has previously been convicted of child sex offences after he pleaded guilty in 2010 to the rape of a 10-year-old girl after breaking into her Paralowie home in 2007.

Hopkins kidnapped the child as she slept next to a friend and raped her at a nearby school.

He was sentenced 10 and a half years in jail, with a non-parole period of seven years.

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