A Wallasey man jailed earlier this year for 12-and-a-half years for historic sex abuse was back in the dock.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that another victim had come forward after his sentence was reported in the media.

White haired Thomas Pope, who is now 69, pleaded guilty to 13 offences against the boy when he was aged between eight and 12 in the early 1970s.

Judge David Aubrey, QC, adjourned sentence until July 26 and Pope was further remanded in custody.

At his earlier hearing when he was jailed the court heard he had laced coffee with whisky for two of his victims and showed them pornographic magazines before abusing them.

Jailing him Judge Aubrey said the offences demonstrated his “predatory and determined instincts in the corruption and intimidation of the young boys.”

Pope, of Barrington Road, Wallasey, pleaded guilty to a total of 24 charges including indecent assault and indecency involving the boys in the 1970s in Wallasey and Bebington.

One of the victims was just six years old when Pope began abusing him and the others were aged eight and nine. The offences spanned a five year period.

Judge Aubrey said that Pope “must have created an atmosphere among his victims of fear, anxiety and trepidation. You took away their innocence but you have done more than that.

“You have scorned each one of your victims emotionally and psychologically for the rest of their lives.”

The court heard that tragically one of the victims has died.