Brian Keith Jones
- For other people with the same name, see Brian Jones (disambiguation)
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Brian Keith Jones, formerly known as Brendan John Megson, is an Australian who was convicted of the abduction and sexual assault of six children between 1979 and 1980. Jones was given the nickname Mr Baldy for shaving his victims' hair. In 1994 he was released from prison, but reoffended within weeks and was again imprisoned until 2005.
Jones was released from prison with the strictest parole conditions ever given to a Victorian prisoner. Jones has been eligible for parole since August 2003, and was eventually released from HM Prison Ararat in July 2005. Jones was settled in a residential area in Ascot Vale, Victoria, causing public outcry over his placement near to schools and playgrounds.
On August 7, 2005, talk radio show host Derryn Hinch revealed Jones' living arrangements on air. Hinch's comments caused controversy in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston, where residents attacked the house named on air and abused its occupants. A local supermarket began a petition to remove Jones from the area. Hinch later revealed his comments were mistaken and Jones was not living at the Frankston address.
On August 8, 2005 the Victorian government represented by Peter Faris, QC, applied to the Country Court of Victoria for a 15-year supervision order under the Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act, enabling Jones to be supervised once his parole term expired. Jones appeared in court via video-link and did not contest the application [1].
See also
- Garry David - (d. 1993), Victorian prisoner during the 1990s who remained imprisoned beyond his sentence due to fears for public safety.