27/08/2026
At age 18 Christo Brown broke into a West Launceston home, demanded s*x and money, and r***d a 76-year-old woman in her bed. He fled to Melbourne the next morning. DNA on her nightgown identified him. He was extradited, convicted by jury in 2018 of r**e, aggravated burglary and demanding property with menaces, and sentenced to 8 years (eligible for parole after 4). While on bail he was also convicted of s*xual assault in Queensland. 
Before his earliest release date of 31 October 2025, the Supreme Court of Tasmania declared him a high-risk offender for five years. The court found he posed an “unacceptable risk” of committing another serious offence. Conditions included electronic monitoring, an 8pm–6am curfew, a ban on alcohol and drugs, mandatory counselling, and permission required to leave Tasmania. Prison reports had noted intimidation and inappropriate advances toward female staff. 
What happened after release:
He was released around late October/November 2025.
• January 2026: alleged alcohol consumption (a condition of the order).
• May–June 2026: curfew breaches (one by three minutes; another while at a Hungry Jacks drive-through) plus a drink-driving charge.
�He pleaded guilty to some of the order and bail breaches. In late August 2026 a magistrate imposed one month’s jail, backdated, after which he was released again. 
A petition calling for his deportation gathered thousands of signatures in 2025. Mainstream Tasmanian coverage (The Examiner, The Mercury) has reported the court appearances and breaches.
Labor refuse to drop the refugee numbers, and deport dangerous men like this.