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2024-12-19 · Donegal Town, Donegal · Court of Appeal
(Pictured: Jacinta McSherry O'Connor. Photo: Collins) A secondary school teacher who 40 years ago told a 13-year-old pupil she indecently assaulted that she was herself a victim of sexual assault did so as part of a “grooming” process, the Court of Appeal...
2024-10-24 · Donegal Town, Donegal · Court of Appeal
(Pictured: Jacinta McSherry O'Connor. Photo: Collins) A secondary school teacher jailed for the indecent assault of a 13-year-old pupil nearly 40 years ago has argued that the jury in her trial should not have been given evidence of her telling the boy that...
2024-01-11 · Donegal Town, Donegal · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
(Pictured: Jacintha McSherry O'Connor. Photo: Collins) A secondary school teacher who indecently assaulted a 13-year-old pupil nearly 40 years ago has been jailed for two and a half years. Jacintha McSherry O'Connor (63), of the Mullins, Donegal Town, Co...
2023-10-20 · Donegal Town, Donegal · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
(Pictured: Jacintha McSherry O'Connor. Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes A teacher who was on trial accused of sexually abusing her 13-year-old male student 38 years ago has been found guilty of the charges against her. The jury in the Dublin Circuit Criminal...
2023-10-16 · Donegal Town, Donegal · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
(Pictured: Ms Jacintha McSherry O'Connor. Photo: Collins) A teacher accused of indecently assaulting a male student 38 years ago has told a jury she never had sexual relations of any kind with the child. Jacintha McSherry O'Connor took the stand in her...