Elderly Limerick man found guilty of indecent assault of teenage girl but acquitted on rape charge

Elderly Limerick man found guilty of indecent assault of teenage girl but acquitted on rape charge

Trial had heard victim had made a formal complaint to gardaí in 2021, alleging she was raped and sexually assaulted by the man in the 1970s, from when she was aged 13 to 16 years

Jury finds man guilty of indecent assaults on girl in 1970s

A JURY found a man guilty 10 separate counts of the indecent assault of a young girl 50 years ago. The man, now aged 75, was acquitted by the jury of a single charge of raping the girl. The jury delivered unanimous verdicts on all 11 charges following the man’s trial at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick. The defendant had pleaded not guilty to all charges. The trial heard that the victim made a formal complaint to Gardaí in 2021, a…