April 2019

Car belonging to missing paedophile discovered in the sea

A car belonging to a missing paedophile who sexually assaulted two of his nieces has been discovered in the sea.

The submerged vehicle was found by a member of the public diving off the coast of Kilmore Quay in Co Wexford two days ago

It is understood the car belongs to William Busher, who was reported missing in January last year aged 89.

He was sentenced to 12 months behind bars in 2013 after pleading guilty to sexual assault.

The offences occurred almost four decades apart, with Busher admitting exposing himself to one niece between 1968 and 1971 and sexually assaulting another between 1997 and 2003.

Busher was last seen in the Kilmore Quay area driving his brown Nissan Qashqai.

It is not yet known if any human remains were in the submerged vehicle.

One victim had just started school when the abuse began. Bushner was living in Ballycleary with her, her parents and three brothers at the time. He would touch her chest area, saying ‘it was good for her’, and would also touch her between the legs. He would also take his pants down and make her touch him, while on other occasions he would rub himself against her, but penetration did not occur.

The second niece was aged between 10 and 13 when the abuse occurred and living at Ballysheen, Carne, where the defendant would visit on Saturday and Sunday nights.

He (Busher) would invite the girl to sit on his knee and would put his hands between her legs and rub her.