Overview

• Todros Grynhaus, jailed in 2015 for seven sex offences, was released on an extended licence in 2022 and briefly recalled before moving to a Heywood home about 24 paces from a children’s playground.
• Digital maps used during his Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements assessment failed to identify the nearby park, an error only spotted after a local complaint.
• Neighbours report they have stopped taking their children to the playground and feel unsafe knowing a convicted paedophile lives steps away.
• Heywood MP Elsie Blundell wrote to probation officials demanding stricter address checks, prompting the Ministry of Justice’s commitment to update its guidance.
• Greater Manchester Police and the Probation Service say all risk assessments are continually reviewed and will be informed by the new policy framework.