The crimes of serial rapist Robert Fardon

SERIAL RAPIST ROBERT FARDON'S LIFE OF CRIME:

1967 - Convicted at 18 for attempted carnal knowledge of a girl under 10. Released on a good behaviour bond.

1978 - Raped a 12-year-old girl, wounded her sister. Fled to the Northern Territory but was caught and jailed.

1988 - Broke parole by travelling to Townsville. Violently raped and assaulted a woman. Sent back to jail.

2003 - Became the first person in Queensland to be jailed indefinitely under new laws targeting repeat sex offenders.

2006 - Released on a supervision order with 32 conditions.

2007 - Breached the order by going to a school, breaching curfew and travelling to Townsville. He's briefly returned to prison before released in October.

2008 - Re-arrested over rape of a 61-year-old intellectually disabled woman.

2010 - Sentenced to 10 years' jail for the rape. The conviction was quashed on appeal a few months later but Fardon remained in jail due to other earlier breaches of a supervision order.

2011 - Government launches lengthy court battle to keep him in jail.

2013 - Released on supervision order.

2014 - Brief return to prison before court orders Fardon's release into supervised accommodation.

2018, August - Court denies a Queensland government bid to extend a supervision order governing how Fardon lives in the community. It expires in October.