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Legal argument in trial of retired surgeon accused of indecent assault
Summary
The trial of retired surgeon Michael Shine, aged 85, continues at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. He denies eight charges of indecent assault against six teenage male patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and his private clinic in Drogheda between 1964 and 1991. The prosecution closed its case; Judge Cormac Quinn addressed a legal issue today. A jury of four men and eight women will return tomorrow morning, with the trial expected to finish next week.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Legal argument in trial of retired surgeon accused of indecent assault. Charges or matters: eight charges of indecently assaulting six patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and at his private clinic, both in Drogheda, Co Louth, on dates between 1964 and 1991. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- 1964 and 1991 Other
- 2017-10-26 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: eight charges of indecently assaulting six patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and at his private clinic, both in Drogheda, Co Louth, on dates between 1964 and 1991 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Drogheda
- Drogheda hospital
- Lourdes Hospital
- Wellington Road
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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