2024-02-12
Court urged to consider if allowing serial child abusing ex-rugby coach to serve no additional jail time would've been 'fair and just'
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Photo: Collins) The State has urged the Court of Appeal to consider if allowing former Terenure College rugby coach John McClean to serve no additional jail time for abusing 22 victims who came forward after the serial offender was first jailed in 2021 would have been "fair and just". McClean (79), Casimir Avenue, Harolds Cross, Dublin, was sentenced by Judge Pauline Codd at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February 2021 for the abuse of 23 victims, before being further sentenced by Judge Martin Nolan in February 2023 for the abuse of 22 other victims.