A continuing detention order under the DPSOA may be justified even where the sexual offending is at the less serious end of the scale, if the psychiatric evidence demonstrates the inevitability of reoffending upon release and the impracticability of managing the offender under a supervision order. The low level of seriousness of individual offences does not preclude a finding of serious danger to the community where the offending is prolific, persistent and untreated.
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