Paedophile told boy: I’ll stop the abuse if your young brother takes your place

A paedophile told a schoolboy that if he wanted the sexual abuse to stop, his younger brother would have to take his place.

Paedophile told boy: I’ll stop the abuse if  your young  brother takes your place

Ennis Circuit Court yesterday heard details of the chilling ultimatum Thomas Waters, aged 68, of Moore St, Kilrush, Co Clare, gave to the boy who was aged between 9 and 11 when the abuse took place on a weekly basis between Jan 1979 and May 31, 1981.

Judge Carroll Moran yesterday jailed the former judo coach for two years. Waters had pleaded guilty to 10 counts of indecent assault of the boy.

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