A “committed and relentless” investigation into reports of sexual abuse of boys more than 40 years ago has resulted in a man being jailed

At Inner London Crown Court on Monday, 10 July, Clive McCleester, 77 of St Cross Road, Winchester was sentenced to eight years in jail and a further eight years on licence after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of indecent assault and two counts of gross indecency with a child, against two teenage boys.

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Detective Sergeant Hannah Stewart, from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime, said: “This has been a long and arduous investigation with McCleester maintaining his innocence throughout. We are pleased he has finally admitted his guilt just three days before we were due to take him to trial to present our case.