Convicted sex offender caught for rape attempt

A sex offender fled after removing the tracking device on his ankle. Yonhap

By Dong Sun-hwa, Park Si-soo

A convicted sex offender removed a tracking device on his ankle after he was caught attempting to rape a woman in Daejeon on Dec. 10, police said Wednesday.

The man, 40, then crisscrossed the country to avoid police but was caught in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, on Dec. 12.

Police said he had been jailed for six years for sexually assaulting a minor in 2008 and 2009. A court ordered the tracking device be attached to his ankle when he was freed to keep him under surveillance.