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Surrey’s mayor said he’s “appalled” by the release of a dangerous sex offender into his community and is calling for legislative changes to how government deals with high-risk offenders.

Earon Wayne Giles was released May 24 after spending 22 years in prison for six counts of break-and-enter to commit a sexual assault.

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“I am appalled that this sexual predator is being released into the very community that he committed his heinous crimes,” said Mayor Doug McCallum in a news release. “This not only puts our citizens at risk, but it is also a re-victimization of the victims.”

In a public warning, Surrey RCMP said Giles is “deemed a high risk to reoffend” and is subject to a long list of court conditions, including being forbidden from contacting any of his victims or their families.

Giles, 45, was a serial rapist who targeted young single mothers in the late 1990s. Operating with a partner, he sexually assaulted five Surrey women between 1992 and ’94.