Australia's youngest murderer is allegedly caught approaching mothers and their young daughters on a

Australia's youngest-ever murderer who killed a three-year-old girl has allegedly approached infant girls on a public beach just weeks after his prison release.

SLD, a sexual psychopath who murdered toddler Courtney Morley-Clarke when he was 13, allegedly approached mothers who were at the Wollongong beach with their young daughters and said: 'Hi, I just got out of jail. Do you come here often?'

The now 36-year-old has now been remanded on bail to appear in court next year.

SLD, who was released from prison in August despite experts warning he would commit more violent sexual crimes, is charged with failing to comply with an order of 'not associating with children'.

In 2001, SLD killed Courtney after strolling down the road from his adoptive home and stabbing her through the heart as she slept in her Point Clare home on the NSW Central Coast.  

SLD was just 13 when he snatched toddler Courtney Morley-Clarke (above) and stabbed her through the heart. He later led police to her body and gladly took credit for the crime which shocked Australia 

Courtney's remains, clothed in only a nappy, were found down a nearby embankment after SLD led police to the crime site and gladly took credit for the atrocity. The teenager was sentenced to 20 years behind bars.  

Two decades on from one of the most shocking cases in Australian history, a judge made the 'difficult' on August 25 to allow SLD to walk from prison and live in the community under an extended supervision order (ESO).

This was despite assessments by psychiatrists concerned for the safety of females around SLD after one observed the killer was preoccupied with sex and fixated on losing his virginity immediately upon his release.

On October 25, SLD went to Bulli Beach in Wollongong with an ESO supervisor and was observed by an off-duty prison officer who, remarkably, was also there at the time and noticed his electronic monitoring anklet. 

The officer allegedly observed SLD approach a woman with a young girl, and then approach another mother washing an infant at the beach showers.

Both women picked up their children and walked away from SLD. The officer then witnessed an encounter at the Bulli Beach cafe between SLD and a woman feeding an infant.

After allegedly saying to the woman: 'I just got out of jail. Do you come here often?' he then said, 'I've only been here twice.'

The officer confronted SLD, and said: 'I have watched you approach three separate women with their children and try to speak to them. You know you can't do that.'

Police came and arrested SLD, who told court Wollongong Local Court the next day the encounters were 'incidental'.

When Magistrate Darryl Pearce refused him bail on the basis SLD had breached his SEO because 'he must have been aware there were children', the convicted murderer exploded.

SLD allegedly approached three mothers with infant girls at Wollongong's Bulli Beach (pictured) in October 

'This is bulls**t,' SLD said.

'You’re basically calling me a paedophile, judge … If I get bashed in prison I am going to sue you dog, if I get bashed you’re f***ed.'

On December 6, SLD was again refused bail to appear in Wollongong Local Court on February 6, 2024.

He has also been placed recently on 12-month community correction orders for three offences which breached his ESO.

These were for assaulting another inmate housed at an ­offender support unit run by Corrective Services at Long Bay correctional complex, for bleeding over another ex-prisoner after slashing his own wrists and for failing to attend a psychiatrist's appointment.

SLD is believed to be currently housed in the sex offenders unit at Long Bay. 

His sentence expired in 2021 but he was deemed too dangerous to be released, until August when a court-appointed expert favoured an ESO over more prison time, saying there was little to no chance of rehabilitation for SLD in jail.

Victim's rights campaigner Howard Brown said the latest episode in SLD's brief foray outside prison walls confirmed his 'inability to be successfully re-integrated into the community'.

SLD is now back behind bars at Long Bay (pictured) after breaching his orders. He was released from prison in August despite experts warning that he was becoming obsessed with the idea of losing his virginity and could become violent

'Regrettably he is beyond redemption,' Mr Brown said. 

'It should also be stated quite clearly that the High Risk Offenders Legislation was introduced the protect the community.'

Successive court and correctional authorities have considered SLD's history of a   difficult childhood where he was abused by his drug addict mother before he entered the foster system as a two-year-old.

He was adopted by a family in Point Clare aged four, but despite his new environment, the boy remained 'disturbed'.

By the time he reached his teens, a psychiatrist was convinced he'd never become a functioning social adult. 

When sentencing SLD for Courtey's murder, Justice James Wood looked at the British case of toddler James Bulger who was tortured and killed by two 10-year-old boys.

SLD was diagnosed with a severe personality disorder with antisocial and psychopathic features.

His lack of empathy is further driven by an attitude of self-importance and entitlement.

An off duty prison officer spotted SLD in a monitoring anklet on Bulli Beach (above) approaching women with very young children

In August, the NSW Supreme Court heard SLD was obsessed with sexual fantasies, and his intense desire coupled with his anti-social state could see him 'act without compunction'.

Justice Stephen Campbell found SLD was 'liable to offend in a circumstance where his will is denied' and 'his offending may involve the use of a weapon', which has led to fears for the safety of females around him. 

Under the ESO, SLD was to wear a GPS anklet monitor and Justice Campbell admitted keeping him under the order would be 'extremely challenging'.

In his first months living in the Long Bay support unit, SLD was caught breaking his restrictions by accessing WhatsApp, YouTube and link-up app Tagged.

When confronted about his wrongdoing, he told the officer: 'Listen miss, I will choose what conditions to follow and what ones aren't important.'

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