High-risk offender with history of sexual violence released into London, Ont.

London, Ont., police have issued a public safety warning as a high-risk offender gets released.

Police say 55-year-old Allan Eugene Ashton was recently released from custody and will be living in the London area.

He has a history of violence, criminal harassment, uttering threats and sexually-related offences, police say.

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Officials are concerned he may commit similar crimes in the future.

Ashton is described as around five-feet-nine-inches tall and weighing 190 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes.

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