Paedophile’s park-ban order changed in bid to find him a home

A SERIAL paedophile who was banned from going within 50m of any park or play area in Cardiff has had his order changed to help him find somewhere to live.

John Christian Davies, 42, was jailed in September 2015 for two years for breaching a previous Sexual Harm Prevention Order by approaching an eight-year-old child in a city park. At that time Judge Eleri Rees imposed a new order preventing him from going within 50m of any public recreational area in Cardiff – as defined by a list of more than 300 areas.

His case was listed at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday for an application to amend that order.

The court heard the application was to help the Probation Service find accommodation for the defendant, who was previously known as Christian John. He does not currently have a fixed address.

Judge Rees said she was “satisfied” as to the purpose of the application and amended the terms to allow him within 10m of several specified parks. She said the 50m restriction would remain in place regarding the other parks, play areas and green spaces.

At his previous sentencing hearing Davies admitted approaching an eight-year-old boy in the Mill Road park in Ely on an evening in May 2015.

The court heard then that Davies, who was drunk at the time, sat and watched a group of children playing.

He then said: “You come with me now.”

The boy began to cry and another child phoned his mother, who, with help from a passer-by, managed to keep Davies at the park until police arrived.

Prosecutors at that hearing said he had a long criminal record.