Predatory paedophile gets five years

A PREDATORY paedophile who went all over Cork city to carry out sex attacks on children as young as four years of age in the toilets of fast food outlets, public swimming pools and playing fields, was jailed for five years yesterday.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a sentence of seven years with the last two years suspended and ordered that James Lombard, 37, from the Blarney Street/Sunday's Well area of Cork, be put on the Sex Offenders' Register.

The sentence covered seven sex assaults on which he was found guilty by a jury and nine counts to which he pleaded guilty.