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'{{BLP sources|date=January 2007}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Brian Keith Jones | image_name = Mrbaldy.jpg | image_size = 180px | image_caption = Brian Keith Jones, police mugshot | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alias = Brendan John Megson, Mr Baldy | charge = | conviction = [[kidnapping|abduction]], [[child sexual abuse]], [[indecent assault]], [[sexual penetration]], [[burglary]] and [[theft]] | conviction_penalty = 12 years (1993–2005)<br>(2006–present) | conviction_status = | occupation = | spouse = | parents = | children = }} '''Brian Keith Jones''' (born 1947), formerly known as '''Brendan John Megson''' and '''Whispen''', is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[child molestor]] and [[burglar]] who was convicted of the [[kidnapping|abduction]] and [[sexual assault]] of six male children between 1979 and 1980. Jones was given the nickname '''Mr Baldy''' for shaving his victims' hair and dressing them in female clothing during the attacks. He pleaded guilty to 17 charges, including six of indecent assault on a male under 16, six of abduction, two of burglary and two of theft. He was sentenced to 14 years jail with a non-parole period of 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8hYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5534,1448039|title=The Age - Google News Archive Search|publisher=}}</ref> After remissions of one-third, he was paroled in 1989 and he raped a nine-year-old-boy and sexually abused the victim's six-year-old brother within weeks. He was convicted of aggravated rape, sexual penetration of a child under 10 and three counts of indecent assault, and was sentenced in 1993 to 12 years and 4 months imprisonment with a non parole period of 11 years to be served cumulatively with the balance of parole that he breached.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} Under the terms of the sentence, Jones was eligible for parole in August 2003, and was eventually released from [[HM Prison Ararat]] in July 2005 with the strictest [[parole]] conditions ever given to a Victorian prisoner: living in a cottage within the perimeter of [[HM Prison Ararat]] on an extended supervision order which allowed for restrictions on his movements and contact with other people. On August 7, 2005, [[talk radio]] show host [[Derryn Hinch]] revealed Jones' living arrangements on air; Hinch's comments caused controversy in the Melbourne suburb of [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]], where residents attacked the house named on air and abused its occupants, and a local supermarket began a petition to remove Jones from the area. Hinch later revealed his comments were mistaken and Jones was not living at the Frankston address. On August 8, 2005 the Victorian government represented by [[Peter Faris]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], applied to the County Court of Victoria for a 15-year supervision order under the Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act, enabling Jones to be supervised once his parole term expired. Jones appeared in court via video-link and did not contest the application.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16189551-1243,00.html Child rapist accepts tough supervision]</ref> Jones was later settled in a residential area in [[Ascot Vale, Victoria]], causing public outcry over his placement near to schools and playgrounds. After a vigil by protesters outside the house, Jones was moved from this address to [[Glen Iris, Victoria]]. In August 2006, Jones was imprisoned indefinitely for multiple breaches of his parole conditions; he will not be eligible for parole again until 2020. ==See also== *[[Child sexual abuse in Australia]] *[[Garry David]] - (d. 1993), Victorian prisoner during the 1990s who remained imprisoned beyond his sentence due to fears for public safety. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200507/1413423.htm?melbourne Paedophile 'Mr Baldy' leaves jail] *[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/20/1097951740105.html?from=storylhs Mr Baldy set to be freed and tracked] {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Brian Keith}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century Australian criminals]] [[Category:Australian kidnappers]] [[Category:Australian people convicted of child sexual abuse]] [[Category:Australian people convicted of indecent assault]] [[Category:Australian rapists]] [[Category:Burglars]] [[Category:Thieves]] [[Category:Criminals from Melbourne]] [[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:People convicted of kidnapping]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]'