Ex-scout leader called accuser in Cork indecent assault trial 'a fantasist', court hears

The trial continues tomorrow at Cork Circuit Criminal Court

Michael Noel Sheehan, also known as Noel Sheehan, of Chimneyfields, Glenville, County Cork, pleaded not guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of indecently assaulting the boy scout.

A 74-year-old former scout leader told investigating gardaí that a scout who accused him of indecent assault at the age of 13 on a weekend away in the mid-1980’s was "a bit of a fantasist". 

Michael Noel Sheehan, also known as Noel Sheehan, of Chimneyfields, Glenville, County Cork, pleaded not guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of indecently assaulting the boy scout on a weekend away in Glenville between January 7, 1986, and April 30, 1987.