Rapist Complains GPS Tracking Anklet Inhibits His Rugby Game
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – A convicted rapist in New South Wales, Australia is off home monitoring and back in jail after defying a court order to wear an GPS tracking anklet.
He warned the court it would happen. But apparently the Department of Corrective Services didn’t believe he would be foolish enough to try to flush the GPS tracking device down the toilet.
Allan Troy Hill, 43, spent 10 years in jail for raping a woman while holding a knife to her throat. At a hearing to release him on extended supervision, a judge ordered some strict conditions. Hill was to wear an electronic monitoring anklet to pinpoint his location at all times. He was to abstain from drinking alcohol because he was admittedly drunk when he committed the rape. He was to inform his parole officer if he got involved in a sexual relationship so that the supervisor could tell the woman about Hill’s conviction for sexual assault. And he was given a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
The cocky criminal accepted all conditions but the GPS tracking anklet. He said he didn’t want to wear it because he feared it would affect his rugby performance. There are currently 16 sex offenders in New South Wales being monitored by GPS tracking devices, but Hill couldn’t be bothered.
“I could be hurt by the electronic bracelet when I play football, especially when I tackle,” he told the court.
Nevertheless, he was fitted with the satellite GPS tracking device on June 26. The device had a geo-fencing feature, which restricted Hill from crossing a virtual boundary called an “exclusion zone.” If Hill were to leave his Ultimo home and perhaps go to a pub, the active GPS tracking device would note the violation immediately and alert authorities.
Not even a day had passed and officers were called to Hill’s home, because the GPS tracking device failed to emit signals. On police orders, Hill fetched the box, which was in the bathroom. It was wet and nonfunctioning.
At Hill’s bail hearing, the Commissioner for Corrective Services Ron Woodham expressed outrage.
“Obviously, he refused to wear the GPS tracking device, because he had places to go that he didn’t want us to know about,” said Woodham. “The best place for him right now is jail.”
Hill might face additional charges for damaging the GPS tracking anklet. It was worth about $8,000.
This was Hill’s second conviction for aggravated sexual assault. The other rape occurred in 1993.
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