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GP who indecently assaulted teenage patient remains on bail despite losing conviction appeal
Summary
Kevin Mulcahy, a 57‑year‑old GP from Creggan, Lombardstown, Mallow, Co Cork, was found guilty of indecently assaulting a 15‑year‑old female patient on 23 December 1989. He pleaded not guilty to the single charge, but a jury convicted him after 39 minutes of deliberation at the Cork Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin sentenced him to two years' imprisonment on 25 November 2015. Mulcahy had been granted bail in December 2015 pending an appeal against conviction, which was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 13 October 2016. Justice John Edwards ruled that Mulcahy had regularly visited the patient's home to treat her mother, who had terminal cancer, and that during one visit he touched the patient's vagina on the outside of her clothing. He was arrested and interviewed in 2011 following a complaint of indecent assault.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: GP who indecently assaulted teenage patient remains on bail despite losing conviction appeal. Charges or matters: a single charge of indecently assaulting the girl while on call to her family home on December 23, 1989. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- December 23, 1989 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 25 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2016-10-13 Publication
Case subjects
Appellant
Charges: a single charge of indecently assaulting the girl while on call to her family home on December 23, 1989 (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Mulcahy was remanded on continuing bail on the basis that he was given a "very early" hearing date for his sentence appeal.; Mulcahy was remanded on continuing bail on the basis that he was given a "very early" hearing date for his sentence appeal.
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