Paul Thomas Neumann, 64, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after earlier pleading guilty to breaching community detention and breaching his extended supervision order (ESO).
An ESO is only imposed against the most high-risk offenders once a prison sentence has lapsed and allows Corrections to closely monitor them in the community.
In 2017, the order was imposed on Neumann for 10 years after he was jailed for seven sexual offences against girls under 12.
In April, Neumann was sentenced to two months’ community detention for breaching the ESO by loitering near the Oval — an area which he was excluded from under the order.
His community detention curfew hours were designed to keep him home during periods when young people would likely be out (7.30am-10am and 1pm-6pm on weekdays and 9am-6pm on weekends).
Yesterday, the court heard that on May 22 the defendant called a probation officer and asked if he could deviate from the curfew to pick his car up from the mechanics.
He was told he could not as it was not an emergency and the car could be collected the following day.
Despite this, Neumann left his address for 13 minutes during his curfew hours to get his car.
He said his friend drove him straight there, but acknowledged he could have walked the next day.
Neumann had previously received a warning for leaving his curfew address 30 minutes early on another occasion because he had "other things to do".
On September 18, Neumann entered The Warehouse outside of his permitted hours, breaching his ESO.
He had previously been warned for loitering outside The Warehouse.
Shortly after the defendant appeared in the dock yesterday, he blurted out "let me go home" with a chuckle.
Judge David Robinson told the defendant the hearing was no laughing matter and he needed to take court-imposed orders seriously.
He was worried that Neumann had associates with a similar background and was demonstrating some "concerning attitudes".
"What really worries me is that you don’t seem to appreciate the risk that you pose to others when you are outside the terms of your orders," the judge said.
"Your decisions to breach the orders seem to be considered ones."
Judge Robinson sentenced Neumann to three and a-half months’ imprisonment.
The ESO was due to expire in November 2027, but would likely be extended due to the defendant spending time in prison.
