No conscious effort on my part to miss your point, Chris B, it happened naturally - call me a pedant. I agree that GG could (and should) have sought help; but the fact that he did not do so, makes him simply a potential re-offender (at least until proven guilty of the more recent offence). And so, I would not advocate his punishment; not until proven guilty. I would shun him, of course, but that is my personal decision, no more than that.

I totally agree with you that as he chose to visit that country he must be held to account under its laws. And like you, I would not automatically assume (not without solid proof, anyway) that a far eastern country would have a less fair justice system - such assumptions are dangerous and smack of chauvinism.

If GG is at large and a potential re-offender is mostly his own fault; but the UK system of justice could have forced him to seek appropriate help - and it didn't. I would pin some of the blame on the system too, then; not to take such blame away from GG, but in the interests of protecting future victims of other paedophiles at large. And they are many, more than most of us imagine. While I disagree with David Hannam's view that there is an "epidemic" (come on DH, do please consider the different attitudes to reporting such crimes across the years), I have it from an ex-social worker friend that "wherever you are in the UK, there is a paedophile within half a mile of you". Scary, but he assures me it is true.