THE LEADER of an Army cadet band turned a kitchen into a sauna and sexually assaulted a naked teenage boy.
And Philip Pryor, now 65, used a British Legion computer to download child pornography.
Pryor, of Llys y Llyfgell, Burry Port, has been jailed for two and a half years.
Swansea Crown Court heard how Pryor had been the leader of an Army cadet band in Burry Port, which attracted members from across west Wales, as well as being a branch secretary for the British Legion.
Robin Rouch, prosecuting, said the Army had a hut in Burry Port which the band used for rehearsals and some cadets slept there, as did Pryor, before a concert.
A man who was a 14-year-old cadet at the time told police how Pryor would boil pans of water and place towels around doors and windows and turn the kitchen into a sauna.
Boys were encouraged to take off their clothes, as did Pryor.
On at least three occasions he touched the boy indecently, said Mr Rouch.
The victim did not complain until many years later after he had seen a television news item about young footballers being abused and confided in a friend about what had happened to him.
He later told police that at the time Pryor, who had played in a military band while serving in the Army, had told him that because of his standing in the community there was no point in complaining as no-one would believe him.
Mr Rouch said a police investigation began and officers removed a British Legion computer used by Pryor and found he had downloaded a small number of indecent images of schoolboys.
Pryor admitted three offences of indecent assault and one of possessing child pornography.
His barrister, Frank Phillips, said Pryor was now remorseful and ashamed and had lived as a recluse since his arrest.
Judge Geraint Walters told Pryor he had been in a position of trust.
“You targeted him and abused him more than once.
“The fact that he went to the police so many years later demonstrates the long lasting effect of what you did to him. It has never left him.
“It shows the wickedness of an adult taking advantage of a youngster.
“There was some grooming here in that you allowed him to have alcohol and cigarette.
“I accept you have led a blameless life since the offending but it is not possible for me to pass a sentence that could be suspended,” he added.
