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	No Retrial for Pedophile By Sarah-Jane Collins WAToday February 25, 2009 http://www.watoday.com.au/national/no-retrial-for-pedophile-20090225-8hyg.html NOTORIOUS pedophile and former Catholic priest Michael Charles Glennon has been granted a permanent stay on a retrial for charges relating to the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy. Glennon is currently serving a minimum 10-year sentence after being convicted of the rape and sexual abuse of a number of other young boys. His original conviction in relation to the alleged victim was overturned by the Court of Appeal in 2005. His retrial on charges of rape and indecent assault relating to the alleged incidents was due to start in the County Court this week, but on Tuesday Judge Geoff Chettle granted a permanent stay in the matter. Judge Chettle granted the stay for a variety of reasons, including the delay in prosecuting the matter, the previous number of times the complainant has been forced to give evidence and concerns that Glennon would not receive a fair trial because of media attention. In 1985, Derryn Hinch was jailed for 12 days and fined $15,000 for contempt of court after he named Glennon on radio as a convicted pedophile in the lead-up to a further trial. Since the mid-'70s, Glennon has been convicted of several sexual offences relating to dozens of children. Most of Glennon's offences were committed at a children's camp near Lancefield in the Macedon Ranges. Some took place in the 1980s, while he was on bail awaiting trial. His numerous court hearings were the subject of numerous suppression orders that were finally lifted in 2003 at the conclusion of three trials. Glennon will not be eligible for parole for at least another four years.
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