A retired teacher and scout leader has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing two young boys.
Richard Biddick, 76, from Addiscombe, Croydon, groomed and indecently assaulted one of the boys after befriending him in Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
More than 30 years later, he attempted to groom a second boy in south London.
Biddick was jailed at York Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to offences including indecent assault, making indecent images of children and breaching a sex offences prevention order.
During sentencing, Recorder Ian Harris described Biddick as “a manipulative paedophile who was a significant risk to young adolescent boys”.
He was placed on the Sex Offender's Register for life and issued with an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
