Fugitive paedophile caught walking down street

SERIAL sex offender James Lombard was caught yesterday in Carrigaline, Co Cork, where he was walking down the street in the mid-afternoon.

Three weeks to the day of his conviction for sexually assaulting seven boys in toilets of fast food restaurants and swimming pools in Cork, he was caught and arrested in Carrigaline by Detective Garda Ian Breen.

Lombard, aged 36, from the Blarney Street/Sunday's Well area of Cork, looked composed at Cork District Court as Judge Tim Lucey remanded him in custody, on the application of Inspector Denis O'Shea.