Ex-magistrate jailed for abuse

London - A former magistrate who over 36 years sexually abused five boys was yesterday jailed for eight years.

London - A former magistrate who over 36 years sexually abused five boys was yesterday jailed for eight years.

Retired teacher Harold Tope (64) admitted a string of sex attacks on the boys who were aged as young as eight. The former Southampton magistrate had admitted 11 indecent assaults, three charges of indecency with a child, one serious sexual assault and one attempted serious sexual assault.

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