Childcare worker acquitted of five sexual assault charges

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A 29-year-old childcare worker was acquitted of five sexual assault charges, with the verdicts reported on 23 March 2020. The man cannot be named to protect the identities of the girls involved.

The jury cleared him of three counts relating to one child and two counts relating to another. Deliberations continued on allegations involving three other girls, with seven charges still outstanding in relation to the first child when the report was published.

The prosecution alleged that the assaults took place in parts of a Leinster crèche and on a bus operated by the childcare facility.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.