Police have located a 62-year-old Canberra man who failed to appear for his sentencing over historical sexual offences, including child rape..
The ACT Supreme Court found John Paul Garay, guilty of eight child sexual assault charges in August last year.
Two of the charges included sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 16, and all of the offences took place at Garay's Wanniassa home in the 1980s.
He was to be sentenced on Thursday.
Lawyers representing Garay applied for a stay on the charges twice, but the applications were rejected by both Justice Michael Elkhaim and Chief Justice Lucy McCallum.
Garay was in court earlier in the day, when Chief Justice McCallum announced she would deny the second stay application, and the case would proceed to sentencing that afternoon.
However, Garay failed to appear for the hearing.
His lawyers said they spoke with him and told him he would need to attend the afternoon sentencing.
One of his lawyers, Margaret Jones SC, said she had told him not to bring his phone to court and her team had been unable to track him down.
After he failed to appear, Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson issued a warrant for his arrest, which came into effect immediately.
Police said Garay was located on Thursday evening and will face court at a later date.
