Serial sex offender jailed for life after abusing boy

A serial sex offender who used a false identity to open up a shop before sexually abusing a boy he had hired to work there has been sentenced to life in prison.

At the sentence hearing, Mr Justice Paul Carney said: “This was one of the rare cases where the Court of Criminal Appeal might uphold a life sentence.”

The judge rejected professional opinions the abuser could be dealt with by community sanction as “naive”.