A former Scout leader and housemaster at a children’s home in Nottingham has been jailed...

Published: 12:25 pm January 20, 2024
Updated: 11:40 am October 8, 2025
Former Scout Leader and Care Home Worker Found Guilty of Child Abuse

A former Scout leader and housemaster at a children’s home in Nottingham has been jailed for 26 years after a jury found him guilty of historical sexual abuse

Steven McNally, now aged 67, abused five children between 1974 and 1979 when he worked at Nazareth House Children’s Home in Lenton, and as a Scout leader for the Bishop’s Own Troop, also in Nottingham.

A trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard he sexually abused five boys who were aged between 5 and 15 at the time.

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