Paedophiles arrested after being found covered in cement and tied to a bench

Two notorious paedophiles who were hiding out in Co Donegal last week have been arrested in the North. Child rapist James White (48) and his friend Jason Lydiard (26) roamed the Border counties last weekend bringing fear to local communities. But on Saturday night the two were caught by the PSNI in Newry after an incident during which they were set upon in the Mullaghbawn area, Co Armagh. It appears the men may have been attacked before being doused in cement and paint and tied to a public bench. An angry mob shouted at the men before they were arrested by detectives. [...]

White, who is originally from south Armagh, was jailed here in 1998 for horrific attacks - two counts of buggery and five charges of sexual assault - on a teenage boy in Co Meath. He was freed in 2003. He once threatened to kill a social worker with a hammer, has 62 previous convictions in all, including sexual assault, assault causing bodily harm and threats to kill. [...]

Lydiard was placed on the sex offenders register last year for five years and was banned from working with children after he admitted grooming and touching a boy under the age of 16 two years ago. He was back in trouble in September last year after being caught on an online dating site. He was jailed for breaching the terms of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order for having a phone with internet access.

source: Article 'Paedophiles arrested after being found covered in cement and tied to a bench' by Stephen Maguire; www.independent.ie/irish-news/paedophiles-arrested-after-being-found-covered-in-cement-and-tied-to-a-bench-36857122.html; Independent.ie; 30 April 2018