EXCLUSIVE
Australia’s youngest-ever murderer who killed a three-year-old girl is planning to lose his virginity in the New Year, but future partners will be kept completely in the dark about his horrific past.
SLD, a sexual psychopath who murdered toddler Courtney Morley-Clarke in January 2001 on the NSW Central Coast, has lifetime anonymity preventing the public from linking him to his horrific crime.
Authorities believe he is high risk of re-offending because of his obsession with finding a girlfriend and starting a sexual relationship after being locked up behind bars for more than 20 years.
He was due to walk free last week before Justice Mark Ierace delayed his possible release for 28 days, ordering two independent psychiatric examinations.
Despite this, he could still be out by January and looking for love.
Paroled briefly in September 2023, the child killer was thrown back behind bars in October after approaching women with young children at Bulli Beach in Wollongong, NSW.
He also tried to access the internet, dating sites and encrypted chat apps.
SLD, now 37, was adopted by a family in Point Clare aged four, but despite his new home, the boy remained ‘disturbed’.
Courtney Morley-Clarke was just three-years-old when she was murdered by her 13-year-old neighbour in 2001
SLD breeched his parole by approaching mothers with children at Bulli Beach (pictured) near Wollongong
At age 13 years and 10 months, he snatched Courtney from her bed in the middle of the night and stabbed her through the heart before leaving her body in long grass just 300m from her home.
He was caught after it was noticed that he had gone missing from his own home on the morning the three-year-old was snatched.
He initially lied about the crime, leading the police search on a wild goose chase before proudly admitting he killed her.
Psychiatric assessments of the teen determined he’d never become a functioning social adult.
He was sentenced in August 2002 to 20 years behind bars but was released in September 2023.
Just weeks after being freed from prison, he was re-arrested for breaching the terms of his release when he spoke to three women with children.
On October 25, SLD went to Bulli Beach near Wollongong with a supervisor and was spotted by an off-duty prison officer who noticed his electronic monitoring anklet.
SLD tried to access the internet and dating sites (stock image)
The officer witnessed SLD approach a woman with a young girl, and then approach another mother washing an infant at the beach showers.
Both women picked up their children and walked away from SLD.
He then entered the Bulli Beach Café and struck up a conversation with a woman feeding an infant.
After allegedly saying to the woman: ‘I just got out of jail. Do you come here often?’ he then said, ‘I’ve only been here twice.’
Police came and arrested SLD, who told Wollongong Local Court the next day the encounters were ‘incidental’.
He was found guilty of one count of failing to comply with an extended supervision order, which barred him from having contact with children.
Psychiatrists are concerned for the safety of females around SLD after one noted the killer was preoccupied with sex and fixated on losing his virginity immediately upon his release.
Following a recent hearing in the NSW Supreme Court, Justice Ierace did not make orders on whether SLD would continue to be held in prison.
He instead ordered the interim detention order be extended and ordered two phycologist or psychiatrists to conduct independent examinations.
The matter will return in the new year.
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