2022-05-06
Child abusing former scout leader further jailed
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: David O'Brien has been further sentenced to 16 months in prison for sexually abusing a young boy on an overnight scouting trip more than 40 years ago. "Self-confessed paedophile" O'Brien (70), who is currently an inmate of Midlands Prison, Portlaoise and was formerly of Benburb St, Dublin, pleaded guilty to a single count of indecently assaulting the boy, who was aged nine or 10 at the time, on a date in 1981. Judge Greally sentenced O'Brien to 16 months in prison dating from today.