Former scout leader in Limerick jailed for indecently assaulting five young boys

One victim said: 'I therefore hope the court can appreciate that five of us in our 50s nearly have 250 years of hurt'

Judge Francis Comerford imposed a 16-month prison term on Jim Harmon of Pinewood, Shannon, for each of the five boys he indecently assaulted over a six-year period between 1976 and 1981 at locations in Clare and Limerick. File picture

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A judge has jailed an 80-year-old former Limerick Scout Leader to six years and eight months in prison for molesting five young boys, all scouts, “who still believed in Santa” in the 1970s and early 1980s.