Former scout leader Michael Sheehan jailed for indecent assault of 13-year-old boy scout

Accused continued to express his innocence and did not accept the verdict of the jury, court heard

Michael Noel Sheehan was sentenced to one year in jail for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy scout in the 1980s. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

Former scout leader Michael Noel Sheehan, 76, was sentenced to one year in jail for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy scout in the 1980s.

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a sentence of two years with the second year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.