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Scout Master jailed for repeatedly abusing young boy in Upper Hunter in late 1970s

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Updated February 27 2021 - 1:57pm, first published 1:00pm
Newcastle courthouse.
Newcastle courthouse.

A FORMER assistant scout master who repeatedly indecently assaulted a young boy at a scout camp in the Upper Hunter in the late 1970s has been jailed for a maximum of three years and six months in Newcastle District Court.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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