Paedophile deported from Australia worked as lifeguard in the UK

The Butlin’s resort in the UK where Dean Carelse worked as a lifeguard in 2023 despite his paedophile conviction in Australia. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

A convicted paedophile who was deported from Australia was working as a lifeguard at a holiday camp in the UK until his background was uncovered by reporters.

Dean Carelse, 43, was convicted in 2022 of more than 20 offences including indecent treatment of a child under 16, possessing child exploitation material and grooming a child under 16.