Convicted child rapist 'allowed to remain home' with toddler daughter

A convicted child rapist barred from being alone with girls aged between 10 and 16 can live in the home where his toddler daughter will grow up, a family court judge has ruled.

Judge Karen Venables has concluded that the little girl - who is aged about two - should be brought up by the man's parents.

And she has approved a plan drawn up by social services bosses which will allow the man, who is in his mid-20s, to "remain within the household" providing that he is "loosely supervised".

Detail of the case has emerged in a ruling by the judge following a family court hearing in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

No-one involved was identified.