Eastbourne paedophile priest jailed for eight years

UNITED KINGDOM
Eastbourne Herald

Paedophile priest Robert Coles has been jailed for eight years.

Coles, 71, of Upperton Road, Eastbourne, appeared at Brighton Crown Court yesterday (Thursday) and was sentenced to a total of eight years for sexual offences against young boys.

At a hearing on December 14 last year at Chichester Crown Court, Coles had pleaded guilty to 11 offences.

These included one offence of buggery and seven indecent assaults against three victims back in the 1970s and 1980s.

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