A paedophile hunted in the Madeleine McCann case has “slipped through the fingers” of British police, the mum of two of his victims claimed tonight.
Roderick Robinson, 77, was in the Algarve when the three-year-old vanished in 2007.
He was given a suspended prison sentence in 2012 for abusing five- and seven-year-old girls in Brighton who bore a resemblance to Madeleine.
Detectives vowed to monitor his movements and knew he had a history of sex offences. But the cunning pervert was able to flee the UK by changing his name and is now believed to be hiding out in the Far East.
A Brighton victim’s mother said it was “unbelievable” police missed the chance to quiz him about Madeleine’s disappearance.
I agree, it's hardly believable. In my estimation, he should be the number one suspect and they didn't even question him. Scotland Yard is beginning to look like the Portuguese police.
She said: “The police knew he was in Portugal around the time she vanished, but they let him slip through their fingers.
“They told me they would monitor him. When he fled they didn’t even bother telling me. I am so angry he has been allowed to go on the run.”
Scotland Yard detectives chasing new leads in Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing now want to quiz Robinson about paedophile rings in the area in 2007. There is an international arrest warrant out for him.
Police are investigating 18 possible linked break-ins at Algarve villas by a lone intruder from 2004 to 2010.
Six have come to light since an appeal last month, with five involving alleged sex assaults on British girls. The attacks stopped in 2010, at around the time Robinson was deported from Portugal to Australia for raping an eight-year-old girl there.
Robinson agreed to a plea deal for that assault and was sentenced to six months in prison. Six months for raping an 8 year old girl? That's not even the least bit reasonable. I think that case should be reviewed to see how that could happen. A little girl's life was badly messed up and the pervert get 6 months. Someone should answer for that.
Within weeks of his release the former oil rig worker fled to Thailand but three months later he was deported back to Britain after Thai authorities found out about his past.
He moved to south coast resort Brighton where he was made to sign the sex offenders register – but then he preyed on the mum’s young girls.
They had been visiting their father on his yacht at a boat yard where Robinson also owned a vessel. He called himself “Captain Rod” and became friendly with the girl’s father.
The mum added: “He abused my children when their dad was in the other room making a cup of tea. I am just lucky they got off relatively lightly in comparison to poor Madeleine.
“He could have grabbed them and taken them on his boat. What’s to say he wasn’t involved in Madeleine’s disappearance? He could have taken her on a boat out in Portugal.
"For us and for Madeleine’s family I want this guy caught. He thinks he’s untouchable and will continue to offend against children.”
Sussex Police said they had been unable to tell the victim Robinson had fled because of legal reasons.
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Roderick Robinson, 77, was in the Algarve when the three-year-old vanished in 2007.
He was given a suspended prison sentence in 2012 for abusing five- and seven-year-old girls in Brighton who bore a resemblance to Madeleine.
Detectives vowed to monitor his movements and knew he had a history of sex offences. But the cunning pervert was able to flee the UK by changing his name and is now believed to be hiding out in the Far East.
A Brighton victim’s mother said it was “unbelievable” police missed the chance to quiz him about Madeleine’s disappearance.
I agree, it's hardly believable. In my estimation, he should be the number one suspect and they didn't even question him. Scotland Yard is beginning to look like the Portuguese police.
She said: “The police knew he was in Portugal around the time she vanished, but they let him slip through their fingers.
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| Roderick Robinson, pervert on the run |
Scotland Yard detectives chasing new leads in Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing now want to quiz Robinson about paedophile rings in the area in 2007. There is an international arrest warrant out for him.
Police are investigating 18 possible linked break-ins at Algarve villas by a lone intruder from 2004 to 2010.
Six have come to light since an appeal last month, with five involving alleged sex assaults on British girls. The attacks stopped in 2010, at around the time Robinson was deported from Portugal to Australia for raping an eight-year-old girl there.
Robinson agreed to a plea deal for that assault and was sentenced to six months in prison. Six months for raping an 8 year old girl? That's not even the least bit reasonable. I think that case should be reviewed to see how that could happen. A little girl's life was badly messed up and the pervert get 6 months. Someone should answer for that.
Within weeks of his release the former oil rig worker fled to Thailand but three months later he was deported back to Britain after Thai authorities found out about his past.
He moved to south coast resort Brighton where he was made to sign the sex offenders register – but then he preyed on the mum’s young girls.
They had been visiting their father on his yacht at a boat yard where Robinson also owned a vessel. He called himself “Captain Rod” and became friendly with the girl’s father.
The mum added: “He abused my children when their dad was in the other room making a cup of tea. I am just lucky they got off relatively lightly in comparison to poor Madeleine.
“He could have grabbed them and taken them on his boat. What’s to say he wasn’t involved in Madeleine’s disappearance? He could have taken her on a boat out in Portugal.
"For us and for Madeleine’s family I want this guy caught. He thinks he’s untouchable and will continue to offend against children.”
Sussex Police said they had been unable to tell the victim Robinson had fled because of legal reasons.
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