The argument is that due to the ‘circumstances of cruelty’ involved in an attack he committed on one boy in a wooded area, the offences against this victim should have been the subject of a separate trial to that concerning four other complainants

Former Cork scout leader jailed for indecent assault of boys argues he should have had two separate trials

Noel Sheehan (pictured) was found guilty on 16 counts of indecent assault by a jury in April 2024 and sentenced by Judge Helen Boyle at Anglesea Street Courthouse in Cork to four-and-a-half years with the final six months suspended. File picture: Cork Courts Limited