A former neighbour of paedophile Jimmy Savile has avoided jail for sexually abusing a young boy in the 1980s. Michael Wise got the young boy to carry out sex acts in exchange for a scooter after he received advice from the infamous TV host, a court heard.
On Thursday, the 73-year-old pleaded guilty to gross indecency with a child under the age of 14 and was handed a suspended sentence.
Prosecutor Paul Reid said the victim regularly had to help the defendant who has cerebral palsy and has been wheelchair-bound for most of his life, LeedsLive reports.
Mr Reid said that on multiple occasions the defendant trapped the boy between his legs and groped him, but he was too young to think anything of it and carried on helping him.
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