Brian Alan Bowdidge to fight authorities proposed ban on boys as he ‘only likes girls’
A vile paedophile who the state tried to throw back behind bars last year is living in Western Sydney and fighting a ban on him associating with boys — claiming he is only attracted to underage girls.
A vile paedophile who the state tried to throw back behind bars last year is living in Western Sydney and fighting a ban on him associating with boys — claiming he is only attracted to underage girls.
Child rapist Brian Alan Bowdidge, 58, was released on parole in September last year and was living at a Corrective Services-run centre which helps high-risk offenders with no alternative place to stay reintegrate into the community.
But he was removed within a month due to concerns for others’ “safety” because of inappropriate behaviour such as reportedly looking at residents through the cracks of the bathroom door.
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He was then placed in a Minchinbury hotel before authorities made an emergency detention order to put him back in jail for five days because of fears he was “at imminent risk of committing a serious offence”, a court heard.
Bowdidge, who has an intellectual disability, told a supervisor four days into his motel stay he had heightened sexual thoughts “all the time” and he had thoughts about having sex with the female cleaner of his room.
The emergency application was rejected by the NSW Supreme Court in October with a judge saying he was not satisfied the supervision in place was “inadequate” as Bowdidge was effectively locked in his room, electronically monitored and supervised.
On Monday the Supreme Court heard that Bowdidge was now living in Smithfield and the state had abandoned its application for a continued detention order.
It was instead applying to vary three conditions of Bowdidge’s existing Extended Supervision Order — a list of strict conditions to supervise “high risk” sex offenders living out in the community.
Bowdidge is currently prohibited from associating with girls under the age of 16, but barrister for the State of NSW James Emmett said authorities wanted it widened to include boys.
Bowdidge’s lawyer Georgia Lewer contested the variation saying Bowdidge had only expressed attraction to adult males, adult females and underage girls.
She said it could have a real impact on him — for instance if he were to go the supermarket checkout and be served by a 15-year-old boy.
“What might seem to be relatively benign can in fact constitute a real difficulty for how the defendant lives his life and expose him to extended terms of custody if in breach,” she said.
Bowdidge was convicted of having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 10 in 1992. In 2001 he raped an eight-year-old girl and was sentenced to three years non-parole.
He was in jail last year for breaching a condition on his extended supervision order.
Justice Mark Ierace has reserved his decision on the application until tomorrow.
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