IT is very easy to be wise after an event. With an event as horrific as rape, it is also easy to point the finger at police and say "you didn't do enough".

This would appear to be especially true when the rapist has been convicted of sex crimes before, including indecently assaulting a toddler and attempting to kidnap a 13-year-old girl.

But, in the case of Tyrun Davis, to point the finger at officers would be grossly unfair.

All police forces must operate within legal constraints.

With Tyrun Davis, officers did all they were able to, to keep track of this sick man.

However, the law states that he was allowed to leave the West Mercia police area without informing them of his whereabouts.

He was arrested, released - and then struck again, this time raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

What should be called into question, was the fact that Davis was released back into the community at all.

He had served just four years and nine months for a string a crimes, including the attacks on the toddler and the teenager.

It was not even thought to be necessary to attach "special conditions" to his release - such as forcing him to remain at a single address or live under a curfew.

He was free to move into other parts of the country and the onus was on him to inform local officers of his whereabouts.

For people on the Sex Offenders Register to have such freedom of movement is plainly wrong.

It is time the law was changed.