SCOUTMASTER SEXUALLY ABUSED TEEN 100 TIMES

Sick beast jailed for 3 years as victim says 'life ruined'

- BY JOHN CASSIDY

A FORMER scoutmaster who groomed and sexually abused a teenage boy over 100 times was jailed yesterday for three years.

Wilson Alexander Reid, 67, of Ferris Bay Road, Islandmagee, Co Antrim, previously pleaded guilty to 13 counts of indecent assault on a male and two of gross indecency.

The offences were committed between November 1, 2001 and August 31, 2006 while he was a scout leader in Portadown, Co Armagh.

The victim was 14 at the time of the abuse and Wilson was aged 43, a single man who worked as a framer.

Belfast Crown Court heard the victim met Reid through his friends who attended the scouts although he was not a member himself.