Perverted scoutmaster told cubs to ‘pretend he was a girl’

A scout leader plied cubs with booze and sexually abused them during camping trips, a court heard. Colin Devlin, 58, allegedly attacked one of the lads in a tent after telling him to ‘close his eyes and pretend it was a girl’. Devlin is accused of sexually assaulting three boys between 1985 and 2009. The scout leader raised funds from the community to take children on camping trips, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. Michael Williams, prosecuting, said: ‘As can be seen…