A paedophile who abused two boys has finally been jailed decades after his crimes. Justice has caught up with John Ahern, now aged 73, after he manipulated and indecently assaulted them as young children.

Now grown men, police said they bravely came forward to report their abuse at Ahern's hands in March, 2019.

Before Ahern was sentenced, victim impact statements were read out to a court. One of the men said Ahern 'destroyed my childhood and damaged the foundations of my adulthood, forever changing the person I would become'.

The second said that by sharing his experience, he hoped steps would be taken 'to protect other vulnerable individuals from suffering a similar fate'.

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