29-year-old childcare worker acquitted of sexual assault charges

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The 29-year-old man was found not guilty of five sexual assault charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 23 March 2020. The charges concerned alleged assaults of child complainants at a creche between August 2014 and December 2016.

The jury acquitted him of three counts relating to one child and two counts relating to a fourth complainant. Seven charges relating to the first child remained outstanding, while the jury continued deliberating on other charges.

The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty to 23 charges. The verdicts delivered so far were by majority.