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Anti-paedophile demonstrators who brought chaos to an estate in Portsmouth, Hampshire, are threatening to resume their protests.

Katrina Kessel, of Residents Against Paedophiles (RAP), said parents on the Paulsgrove estate had been spurred into action by Home Secretary Jack Straw's refusal to make the Sex Offenders Register public.

"They are just really angry about Jack Straw's decision and we feel we are going to start doing something," she told the BBC. "We do not believe it (the register) should be kept confidential to the police."

A candle-lit vigil, one of a number held since the demonstrations, would go ahead tomorrow, she added.

Labour MP for Portsmouth North, Syd Rapson, was worried by the development. He said: "It would be very sad if the violence returned."

But Mr Rapson said improvements were needed to the current laws: "I want to see a lot more strengthening of the law."

The parents of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne earlier pledged to continue their campaign for public access to the Sex Offenders Register. Mr Straw unveiled a new package of child protection measures in the wake of eight-year-old Sarah's murder.

Mrs Sara Payne said: "We agree on an awful lot of the principles of Sarah's Law, but obviously don't agree on the naming of paedophiles in our area. But Mr Straw has said he is quite happy to leave the door open. We must now meet, there is a lot more to be done."

Shadow Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe backed the Home Secretary's decision. She said: "I think we saw ample proof of that following the News of the World campaign when there was an outbreak of vigilantism in some parts of the country. Of course, that led to people not complying with the register and going underground."

Miss Widdecombe called for a change in the law that would also place Britons convicted of sex crimes abroad on the register - something proposed in the Government's current review of sex offences. She said: "Pretty often they are not caught but when they are caught and convicted the same restrictions should apply to them as the people convicted domestically."