Kelvin Chubby: Registered child sex offender fined for ‘nostalgic’ basketball game with kids at Carnarvon PCYC

A registered child sex offender has been fined nearly $1000 after he walked into a PCYC and began playing a game of basketball with about 10 children because he felt “nostalgic”. Kelvin Chubby appeared before the Karratha Magistrates Court on September 14 and pleaded guilty to one count of being a child sex offender near a public place. The court was told Chubby was walking past the Carnarvon PCYC on May 28 about 6pm where a basketball event with about 40 children participating was being held. Chubby went inside and began playing basketball with 10 children before he was asked to leave. At the time, he said to staff he “just wanted to play basketball”. Chubby’s lawyer William Dixon said his client was visiting Carnarvon and walked past the stadium which he went to as a child. “He felt nostalgic, walked in the venue and walked around,” he said. Mr Dixon said Chubby left when asked and he had a head injury that caused memory issues. Mr Dixon said Chubby had no malicious intent when he entered the PCYC, and it was not a sophisticated offence. However, the police prosecutor told the court it was a serious offence. “He should be aware of his constraints. If he was not asked to leave he might have kept playing,” she said. Magistrate Gavin MacLean said he had doubts about the reasoning Chubby gave for entering the PCYC and playing with the children. “I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt, and there is quite a bit of doubt whether you were up to anything sinister,” he said. “You have never been charged with anything like this before.” Chubby was fined $700 and ordered to pay court costs of $264.30.