2015-02-11 · Killimor, Galway
Accountant who sexually assaulted four young girls has sentence reduced on appeal
Liam Brien, 44, was convicted of 22 counts of sexually assaulting four young girls between 1996 and 2006 in Killimor. After a five‑day trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court, he received an eight‑year prison sentence on 17 March 2013. Brien appealed, arguing that the indictment should have been severed and the cases tried separately. The Court of…