GALWAY MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRL

Date Published: 07-Nov-2007

A 71-year-old Galway man is pleading NOT guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of sexually assaulting a girl on dates between 2002 and 2003A schoolgirl has claimed she was sexually assaulted on two occasions by an elderly neighbour when visiting his house in Galway city. The sexual assault is alleged to have occurred at the neighbour's house in the city when the girl was five and six and a half years-of age respectively.