Simon Davies

Davies has been a visiting fellow in law at both the University of Greenwich and the University of Essex. He has also been a visiting senior fellow within the Department of Management of the London School of Economics (LSE). He is also codirector of the LSE's Policy Engagement Network which is presently researching options for the process stage of the development of a new British constitution. In 2014, he has been a visiting professor at John Cabot University, an American university in Rome, Italy.

Police investigations began in 2010 after allegations of child sexual abuse during the 1980s when Davies had been chief executive of the Homeless Children's Association in Darlinghurst in Sydney. Other workers at this youth shelter were also subsequently convicted of child abuse offences. A NSW warrant was issued for Davies’ arrest in 2016, which was followed by an Interpol red notice in 2017, in an attempt to locate Davies.

In 2019, Davies gave himself up to police in The Netherlands, and was subsequently held in custody pending extradition. Originally accused of 18 offences against four victims, nine charges were dropped as part of extradition proceedings due to the statute of limitations in the Netherlands. He was extradited in April 2021 and charged by the New South Wales police with 'numerous' historical counts of abuse. He pleaded guilty to five child abuse charges, committed against two teenagers and was subsequently convicted. Davies was sentenced in late 2022 to 10 years imprisonment, with six years and three months non-parole period, and will be eligible for parole in March 2026.