JURY STILL OUT IN LETTERFRACK ABUSE TRIAL

Date Published: 21-Mar-2013

The jury in the trial of a former Christian Brother charged with the sexual abuse of a boy at Letterfrack Industrial School in the 1960s has retired to consider its verdict.

The 72-year-old retired primary school teacher, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to six charges of indecent assault.

The alleged victim who is now 59, told the jury he had been sentenced to four years' detention in Letterfrack at the age of nine for taking a bike which he returned later that day.

He claims the abuse took place on dates between August 1965 and April 1967.

The jury at Galway Circuit Criminal Court has been instructed by Judge Rory McCabe to return a unanimous verdict.