'Monster' who sexually abused Cork boy scouts had door handles hooked up to electrical mains

Three internal door handles were wired to the mains so that 230 volts of electricity was running through them

Michael Noel Sheehan was today given a one-year sentence that will run concurrently with a sentence of four years he is serving for indecently assaulting boy scouts. File picture: Cork Courts Limited

A 78-year-old former scout leader who was described as an ‘animal’ and a ‘monster’ by boys he sexually abused boobytrapped three doors at his home to the electrical mains where someone could have been electrocuted on touching a handle.

In a case that was listed for trial and adjourned several times previously, Michael Noel Sheehan of Chimney Field, Glenville, County Cork, finally pleaded guilty to the endangerment charge and he was given a one-year jail term by Judge Dermot Sheehan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.