Clare man’s indecent assault appeal heard by Court of Appeal

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A Clare man’s appeal against his conviction for indecent assault was heard by the Court of Appeal on 23 April 2020, with judgment reserved. He had been convicted of three counts involving his son and sentenced to four years in consecutive terms by the Central Criminal Court in 2017. His lawyers argued that the trial judge should have warned the jury about relying on uncorroborated evidence. The appeal court had not delivered its decision in the report.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.