Police in the North have won a legal bid to force a sex offender from the Republic to go on the sex offenders register there after he moved north of the border, it was revealed today.
His inclusion on the register will allow police and partners in Social Services and Probation to monitor and manage the 27-year-old man's behaviour, said the PSNI.
A notification order has been granted at Derry Magistrates Court under the Sexual Offences Act of 2003.
The act allows police to apply for an order that requires an individual who has been convicted of sexual offences in another jurisdiction to register as a sex offender in Northern Ireland.
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It is the first time a notification order has been granted under the legislation.
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