Australian Broadcasting Corporation   LOCATION:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1294801.htm  Broadcast:
02/02/2005  Media frenzy raises questions about rehabilitation
of sex offenders  Reporter: Peter McCutcheon  KERRY O'BRIEN:
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has appealed for calm after a
convicted paedophile was hounded out of his second home in the
past fortnight. Dennis Raymond Ferguson was released from jail
in 2003 after serving 14 years on multiple child rape and
kidnapping charges. He was forced to flee his home in Murgon,
north of Brisbane, yesterday after the media and residents were
tipped off by the local National Party MP. The media followed
him to the city of Ipswich, where he faced another group of
angry residents today. Peter McCutcheon reports on a case that
raises questions about the punishment and rehabilitation of sex
offenders, as well as the public's right to reasonable
protection.  PETER McCUTCHEON: Convicted paedophile Dennis
Ferguson has served his time in jail, yet he's stil