{"id":269050,"date":"2026-01-28T21:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/269050\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:56:08","slug":"former-cork-scout-leader-jailed-for-indecent-assault-of-boys-argues-he-should-have-had-two-separate-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/269050\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cork scout leader jailed for indecent assault of boys argues he should have had two separate trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The argument is that due to the &#8216;circumstances of cruelty&#8217; 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<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Former Cork scout leader jailed for indecent assault of boys argues he should have had two separate trials\" alt=\"Former Cork scout leader jailed for indecent assault of boys argues he should have had two separate trials\" src=\"\/cms_media\/module_img\/9898\/4949039_9_articlemedium_PV_20070221_20Court_2001.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"  \/> <\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The argument is that due to the &#8216;circumstances of cruelty&#8217; involved in an attack he committed on one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,54,42,43,15304,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-269050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-news","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sexual-abuse","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}