ORANGE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) A notorious convicted serial sex criminal is on his way back to Coalinga State Hospital after a jury decided he is still a danger to the public, despite his advanced age.
85-year old Sidney Landau was petitioning to be released on grounds of age, poor health and lowered risk of re-offending.
The jury in Santa Ana didn’t buy it.
Judge Robert Knox’s court clerk read the jury’s verdict on Tuesday afternoon.
“We the jury in the above and titled action find it to be true that Sidney Nathaniel Landau remains a sexually violent predator,” she said. “We, the jury in the above and titled action, find Sidney Nathaniel Landau not suitable for conditional release.”
“He’s been given chance after chance. He’s still being given a chance in the hospital today, and he’s not advancing through his treatment,” said Orange County Deputy District Attorney Jeremy Hudson. “He’s still a behavioral problem.”
Landau was convicted of molesting boys in the 80s. After several parole violations in the 90s, he was classified as a sexually violent predator and committed to the Coalinga mental hospital.
