Paedophile ex-garda abused boys with polio

An 82-year-old paedophile and former garda was jailed yesterday as a judge said prison would give him time to reflect on his awful sexual abuse of four boys 50 years ago, two of whom suffered from polio.

John Joseph (Jack) Dunne, when based at Pearse St Garda Station in Dublin, indecently assaulted the boys aged between nine and 14 between 1963 and 1969.

At the time he served as a Garda youth liaison officer and a scout leader, Limerick Circuit Court heard.