A scoutmaster has been found guilty of two counts of sexual assault, tying up young boy scouts in bizarre punishment rituals.Steven Etherington bound the hands and feet of one teen in a 'hog-tie' and whipped him with a wet tea towel for not wearing a high-vis vest while cycling.
Another boy was staked to the ground by the 44-year-old and tied to tent pegs in a star shape to teach him not to be ticklish.
During the trial, Etherington's barrister Mark Bury said his client had never really 'grown up' and likened him to 'Peter Pan'.
However, a jury at Hull Crown Court took just three hours to find him guilty of two counts of sexual assault.
Prosecutor David Gordon said Etherington did it for his own 'sexual gratification'.
Tonight the father of one of the boys, who was not named for legal reasons, voiced fears that Etherington, a scoutmaster and a cub leader in the East Riding area for 20 years, may have targeted other young boys.
The father said: 'I was very shocked. I have taken it quite badly, it's really disturbed me as we trusted him.
'He liked young boys and tying them up for his own sexual gratification. He either got his kicks afterwards or by just doing it.
'If my son hadn't come forward and said something, it can only have got worse, resulting in either physical sexual abuse or he could have hurt them. Read More
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