He was jailed for over six years in 2019 after admitting a series of abuse crimes against teenage boys dating as far back as 1972.
McCafferty was jailed for six years and nine months in 2019 at Edinburgh High Court after admitting a series of abuse crimes against teenage boys dating as far back as 1972. During the trial, he admitted 10 charges of indecent assault and one of lewd and libidinous behaviour against boys aged as young as 11.
READ NEXT: Lanarkshire couple terrified by group of 70 swigging vodka and partying in aisles on Ibiza flight McCafferty had been involved in football since the 1980s, working at Celtic, Hibernian and Falkirk. He previously lived in Glasgow before relocating to Northern Ireland before he was jailed.Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.
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