GALWAY TEACHER FACING SENTENCE FOR SEX ASSAULT

Date Published: 21-Oct-2008

A Galway teacher faces sentence in December for indecently assaulting a female pupil 26 years ago.54 year old Patrick O'Connell, with an address at Seacrest in the city pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting the girl on a date between April 1 and June 30, 1982.Evidence of the sex assault charge he's now facing will be given at the sentence hearing at the central criminal court in December by Detective Garda Annalise Hannigan.