Final decison on Fardon’s supervision order next month

QUEENSLAND’S most notorious sex-offender Robert John Fardon will face a final hearing next month over his supervision order.

The hearing comes after the State Government last week won a last-ditch appeal to stop him being released into the community without restrictions.

The Queensland Court of Appeal last Wednesday overturned the original decision by Justice David Jackson to release the serial-rapist without supervision, finding Fardon would be a “serious danger to the community” if freed from the order.

The 69-year-old’s supervision order was due to expire last Wednesday, having been in place since 2013.

It was extended until the new hearing.

The Brisbane Supreme Court yesterday set down the final hearing for the Queensland AttorneyGeneral’s application to have the supervision order extended further for November 30.

Last week, the Court of Appeal considered the view of several medical professionals, who over the past 15 years deemed Fardon’s risk of violent sexual reoffending as substantial, moderate or high, in coming to their decision.