‘I want to be a father’: Notorious paedophile fights to be free

A convicted paedophile who abducted multiple children has told a court “I just want to be a father” as he fights to be freed.

A notorious pedophile’s plan to become a father and wish to stop taking anti-libido drugs has been revealed in court as he battles to be free from a strict supervision order.

Alexandria George Brookes’ history of child sex offence convictions dates back to 1987 when he abducted a two-year-old girl at a train station.

Alexandria Brookes was sentenced to 11 years’ jail. Picture: AAP Image/Joel Carrett

The 57-year-old was sentenced to 11 years’ jail in 1988 for the sexual assaults of three young siblings in Queensland who were abducted by Brookes and his then lover, fellow pedophile Dennis Ferguson.

Two years after being released from prison, Brookes again indecently assaulted a child while attending church in Sydney, court documents state.

Brookes also claims to have sexually assaulted another 20 to 50 victims, the NSW Supreme Court was told.

Brookes was the younger lover of another notorious pedophile, Dennis Raymond Ferguson (pictured).

For 15 years during stints in and out of jail, Brookes has been subject to multiple extended supervision orders (ESO) that include a ban on associating with children and visiting public facilities without permission.

With the latest ESO due to expire on Thursday, the NSW government has launched Supreme Court action to keep Brookes under strict supervision with a new ESO for a further three years.

Brookes, who is now plagued by a myriad of health conditions, including schizo-affective disorder and cannabis use disorder, accesses the NDIS through the aged care facility he lives at in Orange.

Brookes after his initial arrest.

In court Brookes claimed his extensive medical conditions meant even if he wanted to, he would not be capable of reoffending.

The court was told he had not committed an offence against a child for 20 years – however, in June 2018, he was spotted staring at children and has expressed a desire to stop taking anti-libidinal medication.

The government says Brookes’ desire to be taken off medication would heighten his risk of serious reoffending.

It argued Brookes’ confinement to the aged care facility because of Covid-19, coupled with the medication he was required to take, could explain the absence of any incidents since the staring in 2018.

According to a report authored by forensic psychologist Catherine Sapula, Brookes wants to move back to Sydney and start a family.

“He stated that he plans to ‘settle down, get married … have kids’,” Ms Sapula wrote.

“He reported that it is reasonably important for him to have children because ‘I just want to be a father’. He conceded that raising children can be challenging but ‘I am quite patient with children’.”.

Alexandria Brookes has started a new life in country NSW.

After attempting sex offender treatment from 2011 to 2019, the court was told another therapist noted Brookes was likely to “continue to experience deviant thoughts and arousal patterns”.

Justice Mark Ierace SC said the risk posed by Brookes was “of a particularly dangerous nature”.

“The defendant’s circumstances are unusual because … he has had little opportunity to demonstrate whether he continues to pose a risk in the broader community, and if he does pose such a risk, its extent.

“In these circumstances, where it is not possible to gauge the defendant’s current level of risk by having regard to his performance in the community, additional weight should be placed on the results of psychological assessments.”

From Wednesday, Justice Ierace has ordered Brooks to be subject to a 28-day interim supervision order while two qualified psychiatrists or psychologists examine Brookes and prepare a report for the court.

Originally published as ‘I want to be a father’: Notorious paedophile fights to be free