A PAEDOPHILE who thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl is on the run from prison. Nalika Ranasinghe exchanged 1,200 messages with a person he thought was a teenage girl. The 55-year-old ...

Nalika Ranasinghe, 55, first contacted the ‘girl’ in February 2023, unaware that the account was actually a decoy set up by an online child activist group. Detective Sgt Mike Paget said ...

Detectives described Nalika Ranasinghe as posing "a significant risk to children" as they issued a wanted appeal for him. The 55-year-old failed to show up for a sentencing hearing last week and ...

A paedophile who thought he was talking to a 14-year-old girl is on the run from prison. Nalika Ranasinghe exchanged 1,200 messages with a person he thought was a teenage girl. The 55-year-old ...