Former scout leader gets three months for sexual abuse of teenage neighbour 38 years ago

A former scout leader who sexually abused his 13-year-old neighbour has been jailed for three months after he said he cannot recollect the incidents but fully accepts his guilt.

James Leddy (aged 55) of Sheephill Avenue, Blanchardstown, Dublin, was found guilty of three counts of indecently assaulting Colm Bracken (aged 51) at Leddy’s former home on Maryfield Avenue in Artane on dates between May and September 1981.