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Abe Maddison

Pedophile ex-magistrate fights indefinite detention bid

A pedophile former magistrate is due for release in June after serving a 25-year prison sentence. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

A pedophile ex-magistrate soon set to be freed after 25 years behind bars is fighting a government's last-minute bid to indefinitely detain him.

Peter Liddy - now aged in his 80s - is due for release on June 4 after serving his sentence for child sexual offences in South Australia between 1982 and 1986.

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