Bid to stop sexual deviant's release

The Department of Corrections is attempting a rare legal bid to keep Ivan Andrew Campbell imprisoned for chaining a teenage boy up in a wardrobe, tattooing and sexually abusing him.

The 43-year-old was sentenced to 14 years jail in 2001 for the attack that happened a year earlier, as well as representative charges for violating a 13-year-old boy in a similar way in 1991.

At the time, legislation ruled the Hells Angel associate must be released after serving two-thirds of his sentence, resulting in a release date of January 5, next year.

But the Corrections Department has taken the unusual step of applying for an order under Section 107 of the Parole Act to keep him in jail, the Sunday News reported.

The order can only be enforced if the parole Board has enough evidence an is likely to commit a "specific" offence between release and the end of their sentence.

A hearing into the issue will take place later this week.

During his 2001 trial, Detective Sergeant Adam Lough, the officer in charge of the case, described Campbell as "a calculating, manipulative, sexual deviant who preys on teenage boys...".

- NZPA