Scout leader sentenced to 46 years for abusing boys

'Despicable' pervert, 81, jailed

- By Chris Riches

A PAEDOPHILE Scout leader and school housemaster has been jailed for 46 years after nearly three decades on the run with a stolen identity.

Richard Burrows, 81, abused 24 boys across Cheshire, the West Midlands and West Mercia between 1968 and 1995.

Passing sentence, Judge Steven Everett told him: "You will not be released. You are a despicable man. You have ruined countless lives."

In emails found after his arrest, he described "living in paradise" after fleeing to Thailand from 1997.

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