A convicted child sex offender has unsuccessfully asked a court to relax conditions applied after his conviction in order to improve his chances of success with online dating, saying the mandatory disclosure obligations were holding him back from finding love.
The South Australian man took an appeal to Australia's Supreme Court, arguing that conditions applied after he was convicted for child sex offending in 2003 were hindering his online quest for romance, the ABC reported.
The 58-year-old man, referred to as GD in court, pleaded guilty in 2003 to three counts of indecently assaulting his 9-year-old daughter in 2000 and 2001, receiving a 12-month suspended prison sentence.
Since the conviction, GD has faced restrictions on travelling interstate, and on having contact with children.
He has also been ordered to report any contact with a child to police within two days and to inform any parents that he was a registered offender if he stayed overnight in their home.