'Recluse' gets two years for 35 charges of indecent assault on young brothers

A “recluse” convicted of sexually abusing a young boy in County Donegal in the 1960s and 70s has been jailed for two years.

Brian McMahon (63), of Temple Street, Sligo, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 35 charges of indecent assault of the boy between 1966 and June 1974 at two locations in Ballyshannon. He was convicted by a jury of 31 of the charges earlier this year.