Police find sex offender

Fugitive sex offender Daniel Livingstone expected to return to prison but planned to spend his money on ‘‘alcohol and chicks’’ upon release, Parole Board documents show.

Police arrested the convicted child sex offender about 3.30pm on Friday at the shops in Naenae, a suburb of Lower Hutt.

He was also seen on Hutt City Council CCTV cameras, which are monitored at Lower Hutt police station.

Cordons were set up around the area and, although Livingstone tried to escape, he was caught within the cordon.

He was expected to appear in court today.

His last Parole Board decision from 2014 reveals Livingstone had been ‘‘apathetic and lethargic’’ during child sex offender treatment.

In his February 2014 board decision he was reported as saying he would spend his Steps to Freedom release money on ‘‘alcohol and chicks’’ and soon return to prison.

Livingstone was convicted in 2006 for the abduction and rape of a 10-year-old girl. He was subject to an extended supervision order after his release from prison in 2014, which meant he had to wear a monitoring bracelet.

Livingstone, who was on an extended supervision order, slipped his electronic monitoring bracelet early on Thursday, raising questions about how and why several hours elapsed between the tamper alarm on the bracelet going off, and police breaking into his flat.