Former Celtic youth coach jailed after admitting sexual assaults on boy

Former Celtic football youth coach Jim McCafferty, 72, has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Belfast Crown Court after pleading guilty in May to eight counts of sexual assault.

A former Celtic Football Club youth coach has been jailed for three years and nine months after admitting eight counts of sexual assault.

Jim McCafferty, 72, initially pleaded not guilty to a series of sexual offences against the same boy over a three-year period before December 2015, but changed his plea to guilty on the morning his trial began at Belfast Crown Court in May 2018.