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A convicted pervert who a court heard wants to travel to other countries to have sex with children has lost an appeal restricting his movements abroad.
Jason Leonard has been described by police bosses at a court hearing as "one of the most dangerous" registered sex offenders in the region, the Rossendale Free Press reports.
The 37-year-old, from Haslingden, Lancashire, brazenly admitted to wanting the freedom to travel to a country where the age of consent is lower so he could form a sexual relationship, the court heard.
Police told the hearing Leonard had told them his "ideal" partner, would be aged between 12 and 14, Burnley Crown Court was told.
A judge heard that Leonard claims paedophiles in the UK are being "persecuted" and likens his treatment by society to that of "homosexuals 40 years ago and the Jews in the Second World War".