Parents’ horror as convicted paedo wanted in US for sex crimes ‘lives in flat YARDS away from playground & nursery’

A BRIT paedophile who is wanted in the US is living just yards away from a London primary school and nursery.

Justin Ward, 56, is fighting extradition on suspicion of abusing two teenage brothers in Florida 18 years ago.

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Sex attacker Justin Ward is wanted in the US[/caption]

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He is living near the Eleanor Palmer Primary School and Rainbow Nursery in Kentish Town[/caption]

One of the boys committed suicide years later – and his family blames the sexual abuse for his death.

But Ward, who wears an electronic tag, is allowed live beside hundreds of children in North London.

He walks past Eleanor Palmer Primary School and Rainbow Nursery in Kentish Town every day to get to his flat.

And parents are not happy, with one telling The Mirror: “This is extremely worrying.

“No one wants a paedophile on their doorstep – but this is a very unsuitable location.”

Cops discovered evidence of Ward abusing boys and having perverse images stored on his laptop while he worked in Germany between 1996 and 2003. 

In 2014 he was jailed for 11 years and eight months Chester Crown Court after he admitted to 24 offences including sexual abuse and distributing indecent images.

But he was freed on licence four years ago after an appeal.

Last week a judge at Westminster Magistrates Court ruled last week that there were grounds for his extradition to the US.