A paedophile who sexually abused a young boy has been jailed for two years and eight months.
David Utting (71) admitted four counts of indecency with a boy under 13 and four counts of gross indecency with a child under 16, between 2000 and 2003.
Leicester Crown Court was told that the abuse had happened when the child visited Utting and on one occasion at a hotel.
Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said Utting, of Gainsborough Road, Clarendon Park, Leicester, began by behaving lewdly in front of the boy and encouraged him to do the same.
"The boy was reluctant," she said.
The victim later said he "felt scared" at the hotel because he thought if he tried to run away he would get lost.
"The defendant would provide him with anything he wanted and gave him money when he requested it," said Miss Rose.
The boy then began avoiding Utting and the offending stopped.
Sentencing, Judge Michael Pert QC said: "It's clear your offending had a profound and long-lasting effect on him.
"Your victim has lived with memories and problems for many years before he was in a position to come forward.
"It's a consequence of your offending that it's taken so long for him to come forward."
Carl Gaskell, mitigating, said: "He wishes me to express how genuinely sorry he is and for the effect on the complainant.
"He has no previous convictions and he's plainly able to contain his inappropriate sexual thoughts about children, in particular boys, because it stopped in 2003 and there's been no further offending."
He said the pre-sentence report had indicated there were concerns expressed by parents and those attending churches and schools in the past, about his inappropriate behaviour in relation to children, such as "attending and offering bike rides," which was seen as "odd behaviour", but no offences were committed.
Utting was made the subject of a 10-year sexual offences prevention order banning unsupervised contact with boys under 16 and preventing him from living with males under 18.
