Notorious SA paedophile Colin Charles Humphrys asks the Supreme Court to release him
A SERIAL child sex predator responsible for one of the most notorious kidnapping cases in state history has asked a court to end his indefinite jail term.
A SERIAL child sex predator responsible for one of the most notorious kidnapping cases in state history has asked a court to end his indefinite jail term.
Colin Charles Humphrys was jailed without parole in July 2009 for the most recent crimes in his decades-long history of sexual offences against children.
He is infamous for the 1991 kidnapping of a nine-year-old boy he was “given” by a fellow paedophile to take interstate and repeatedly abuse.
In Supreme Court documents viewed by The Advertiser today, Humphrys asks he be considered for immediate release, under supervised licence, from prison back into the community.
He further asks he be examined and assessed by mental health specialists to “determine” his risk of reoffending and support his plea for freedom.
The application comes despite Justice John Sulan’s warning, five years ago, that Humphrys was a predator who remained a danger to the community.
“Your sexual preference is for young males,” Justice Sulan said in 2009.
“There is a significant risk that, given the opportunity to engage them, you will engage in sexual conduct with them.
“In the past, judges have observed you are a predator of young males — little has changed.”
Humphrys, 62, has multiple convictions for sexual offences, child abduction and dishonesty.
Between April 1990 and July 1991, he was introduced to a nine-year-old boy — who can only be identified as XX — by fellow sex offender Laurie O’Shea.
XX would later tell the Supreme Court that Humphrys’ attitude toward him had been “full-on”.
“He talked about how he would like to show me areas of Australia and how it was sad he could not take me away on holiday because my mum hated him,” XX said in 2005.
“He was talking about running away and living together forever.”
In July 1991, Humphreys kidnapped XX and took him to Sydney’s Kings Cross, where he was abused multiple times before police located them.
Humphreys was later jailed for eight years.
In 2009, Humphrys received a 19-year prison term for having an ongoing relationship with a boy, 14, he met in Port Adelaide.
He had known the boy for less than 30 minutes when he first offended against him, and then continued to abuse him for the next three years.
At the time Justice John Sulan declined to set a non-parole period and ordered Humphrys be jailed indefinitely.
“Your offending was opportunistic and calculated, you took immediate advantage of his vulnerability to satisfy your own sexual desires,” Justice Sulan said.
“He was a young man without a father figure, and he was influenced by you.”
Humphrys’ application for release on licence will be heard next month.
The case is being handled by Justice Trish Kelly, who is also considering the terms under which repeat sex offender Mark Trevor Marshall may be released.