Victims hit out at jailed sex offender

questions about an intimate male body part before proceeding to fondle the same body part on another boy who was asleep.

It was the start of sex abuse against his first victim that lasted until the youngster was 16, often taking place in Bessbrook Scout Hall. This first victim later suffered a nervous breakdown as a direct result of the trauma he’d experienced.

One of Finnegan’s victims told the Mail after sentencing: “After three trials and the trauma of being cross-examined we feel he should have got longer. But we are glad it’s all over.”