Former Scout leader jailed

Noel John Coffey, the former Gisborne Scout leader charged with indecencies involving two children and with making and possessing objectionable images, has been jailed for 18 months.

Coffey, 52, was sentenced in Gisborne District Court yesterday. He had previously pleaded guilty to the offending which came to light when he joined an internet child porn site being monitored by the FBI.

Judge Stan Thorburn described the offending as depraved.