AN urgent bid to ban paedophile Dennis Ferguson from parks and pools has failed on legal grounds, leaving him free to access them during school holidays.

Free access ... Paedophile Dennis Ferguson. Source: The Daily Telegraph

Police had sought an interim order from Parramatta Local Court banning Mr Ferguson from using public pools and parks and taking part in work that could bring him into unsupervised contact with children.

However, Magistrate Paula Russell today dismissed their application.

Police will now seek permanent order.

The court had heard upcoming school holidays would result in more children being in public pools and parks, however, Magistrate Russell said there was no urgent need for the order.

She noted previous acts of Mr Ferguson had been “vile”.

The matter has been adjourned to the Downing Centre next week for a hearing date to be fixed.

Yesterday, police told Parramatta Local Court the violent sex fiend tried to volunteer for the Cancer Council, sell toys for Diabetes Australia, registered a business name to buy those toys and attended beaches and pools on family days.

Prosecutor Mark Higgins said that Ferguson had also tried through a Centrelink program to contact Alexandria Brookes, the man convicted alongside him over one of the nation’s most horrid child rape cases.

The court order bid came days after the predatory paedophile was evicted from a family fun day at Sydney’s Cook + Phillip pool.

“He chooses to go on a day advertised for families,” Sgt Higgins told the court. “He was not there to enjoy the pool.”