London: A paedophile wanted by police in Australia for almost 10 years was free to commit a series of crimes against teenage boys in the UK, it has emerged.

Barry Radford, 53, a spray painter based in Northumberland, north-east England, was jailed for 12 years on Friday for a series of grooming offences, taking indecent images of one of his victims, and possessing more than 1000 images of other children.

Paedophile Barry Radford has been jailed for 12 years in the UK.

His offending came to light last year when one of the boys came forward to police.

It later emerged Radford had been wanted by NSW Police in Australia for sexual offences said to have been committed in 1999.