2017-10-19
Paedophile's trial should have been restarted when victim spat at him, lawyers say
A man formerly of Bohea, County Mayo has appealed his conviction for sexual offences committed in the 1990s. John Gannon, aged 73, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, and attempted rape following a jury trial. He was sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment, with the final five years…