Convicted rapist Joshua Skvaridlo faces Kingaroy Magistrates Court for breaching probation order

A man convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl and sexually groping a 12-year-old has fronted court yet again as his continued failures to comply with court orders catch up with him.

A South Burnett man convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl and groping a 12-year-old has fronted court yet again after continued failures to comply with court orders.

Joshua Mark Skvaridlo is a child sex offender with mandatory reporting conditions, stemming from two convictions in the past decade.

Skvaridlo faced Kingaroy District Court in 2014 on charges of indecent treatment of a child, where he was sentenced to a 12-month jail suspended sentence and 18 months’ probation for sexually groping a 12-year-old.

In 2018, Skvaridlo was sentenced to five years’ jail, which was suspended after he served 20 months, for raping a 17-year-old girl.

He remains on a suspended sentence for the 2018 matter.

In addition to his sexual crimes, he was in March 2021 placed on 12 months probation after he was found drink driving and driving while court disqualified.

Josh Skvaridlo

The 36-year-old faced Murgon Magistrates Court in April, and pleaded guilty to four counts of failing to comply with reporting obligations.

He failed to report three instances of contact with children between April 2021 and January 2022, and also failed to inform police of stays at his girlfriend’s address. He was sentenced to three months’ jail and immediately released on parole.

This brought him back to the Kingaroy Magistrates Court to be dealt with for the probation breach on Thursday, June 10.

Lawyer Mark Werner told the court Skvaridlo was due in District Court next week to face resentencing on his suspended sentence.

“I submit to the court that he has difficulty organising his compliance orders because of his mental health and because he is socially isolated and pretty much lives alone,” he said.

Skvaridlo pleaded guilty to breaching probation and was fined $500.

He was also re-sentenced on the original driving charges and fined $1400.