EX-RTE paedo Kieran Creaven was arrested in relation to a probe into the suspected sexual exploitation of children in Ireland and abroad on Wednesday.

The sicko who was caged for 18 months last year for attempting to groom a child was taken into custody and quizzed by detectives.

3 The sicko who was caged for ten months last year for attempting to groom a child was taken into custody and quizzed by detectives Credit: Glen Minikin - The Sun Dublin

3 It is understood he was questioned for 12 hours about alleged sexual exploitation of children in Ireland and the Far East Credit: Glen Minikin - The Sun

Gardai from the National Protective Services Bureau arrested Creaven in a North Dublin house.

He was then released without charge and a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions according to The Irish Daily Star.

It is understood he was questioned for 12 hours about alleged sexual exploitation of children in Ireland and the Far East.

It is also believed he was quizzed on the suspected possesion of child abuse images.

A Garda spokesman said: "A man in his late 50s was arrested on 16th October 2019 in relation to the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998.

FAKE PROFILE

"He was detained in a Dublin Garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 and later released. A file will be prepared for the DPP."

The predator worked as a sports producer for the national broadcaster until he was exposed by a paedophile hunter group in England in November 2017.

Creaven believed he was chatting to a 13-year-old girl but was confronted by the vigilante team outside the Queen’s Hotel in Leeds.

He planned on meeting what he thought was a teenage girl for sex after grooming her through Facebook but the account was fake and was set up to entrap paedos.

During his trial at Leeds Crown Court it emerged he also set up a fake profile in a twisted bid to befriend hundreds of unsuspecting teens.

PROLONGED CONVERSATIONS

His trial heard he was living in a “cyber world of pornography” and when he was apprehended he had two boxes of condoms, a list of female names and two phones.

His conversation with who he thought was a teen were described as “prolonged” after they started in July 2017.

During the chats he was repeatedly told she was 13 and after he sent a picture of his erect penis she told him she had never seen one.

Creaven told her he wanted to “kiss and cuddle” her.

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He also said “I’m wishing you were here in bed with me, warm and snuggled under the duvet, I will keep you wrapped up in my arms all night.

“Smell your hair, kiss you, wake up together in the morning.”

He was released back in January after only serving tens months in Armley Prison in Leeds.