A paedophile has been recalled to jail after police were alerted to concerns that he had contacted children using the social networking website Facebook.Alain Hegarty, of Burnham-on-Sea, was jailed in 2005 for sexually abusing a girl aged under 13.
The 62-year-old, formerly of Kingswood, Bristol, was rearrested after his victim's family became concerned that he may have contacted children.
Hegarty was released on licence in 2007 from a two-and-a-half year sentence.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokeswoman said that Hegarty would be held while it was investigated whether he had breached his probation terms.
A relative of the victim told BBC Points West: "We were really shocked that he had a Facebook account.
"It's difficult dredging up things that happened five years ago and the victim is still dealing with the aftermath of what's happened."
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