Former scout leader jailed for third time for child sex abuse

John Pycock, 83, has been placed on the sex offenders register for life

A former scout leader has been jailed for 14 years after he was found guilty of sex offences against a boy more than three decades ago.

John Pycock, 83, of Winn Street, Lincoln, had denied abusing the boy in the late 1980s and early 1990s while he was a scout leader in Billinghay and then Fiskerton.

A jury at Lincoln Crown Court convicted him of indecency with a child, two counts of indecent assault and two other serious sexual offences.

It is the third prison term being served by Pycock who has been placed on the sex offenders register for life.

He was previously jailed for six years in November 2020 after admitting three charges involving sex offences against a young girl.

He was also given a 51 month sentence in June 2014 when he admitted five sex offences against young boys.

At Friday's sentencing, Lincoln Crown Court heard Pycock was in poor health and faced the prospect of never leaving prison.

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