D Wednesday, December 2, 2009 METRO 17 HEINEKEN GREEN SPHERES PRESENTS FOR YOUR CHANCE TO GET FREE TICKETS VISIT WWW.HEINEKENMUSIC.IE Convicted: Frank Mulligan leaving the court in Dublin yesterday Picture: PA 6 yrs for sex abuser fight coach ONE of the countrys most successful amateur boxing coaches was jailed for a second time yesterday for abusing five teenage boys. Convicted paedophile Frank Mulli- gan, who once coached former world champion Barry McGuigan, preyed on his young victims for a 13-year period until 2002. The 64-year-old, from Smithboro in Co Monaghan, was already behind bars for abuse of two other boys when he admitted to the other attacks but only after an appeal to have his first conviction overturned was rejected. The coach made some of his victims pray before and after the sex attacks and told them it was Gods will. Outside the court victim, Gerard Smyth, waived his anonymity to en- courage others to come forward. It has been very traumatic and it will be for some time, said the 28- year-old. I just hope other people can now come forward and speak out and put these perpetrators behind bars be- cause its where they deserve to be. Mulligan was jailed for six-and-a- half years for abusing five teenage boys. The sentence, back-dated to May will run concurrent to a seven- year jail term handed down in April 2008. He must also undergo post-re- lease supervision for seven years. Judge Catherine Delahunt said Mul- ligan abused the trust put in him by young boys and their families. You tried to hide these heinous crimes with a veil of religion and pseudo require- ments for discipline in boxing, she told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. By sarah staCK Coached by Mulligan: Barry McGuigan US PRESIDENT Barack Obama is sending 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan on an accelerated timetable that will have the first Marines there as early as Christmas and all forces in place by summer. Mr Obama (pictured) was to announce in a prime time speech last night that troops will start leaving in July 2011. The primary mission of the extra forces will be to target the Taliban-led insurgency and protect civilians. US sends 30,000 to Afghanistan LIFE is about to get warmer for a pair of brothers who had faced another Hungarian winter huddling together in a cave. Zsolt and Geza Peladi (pictured) and a sister who lives in the US are each to receive a share of a 4.4billion inheritance left to them by their estranged maternal grandmother, who died recently in Germany. If this all works out, it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now all we really had was each other, said Geza. Cavemen inherit 4billion fortune index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html