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High Court clears way for man to be tried on sex abuse charges
Summary
The High Court has allowed a man, whose name cannot be disclosed, to be tried for sexually abusing three teenagers at a children's home run by a religious order more than 40 years ago. He had previously sought to halt his prosecution on the charges brought by two female complainants, but the High Court rejected his application to prohibit the trial. The man had been charged with offences alleged to have occurred between the late 1960s and 1974 for one complainant, and between 1974 and 1977 for another, but the dates were later changed to 1974‑1975 and 1977 respectively. No changes were made for the third complainant. During the trial, his lawyers applied for rulings that the female complainants' evidence be excluded or that the indictment be amended to match the evidence, but the judge refused. The jury was discharged and a new trial date was set.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: High Court clears way for man to be tried on sex abuse charges. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- 1974 and 1975 Incident
- 1974 and 1977 Incident
- 2016-02-18 Publication
Why: The man asked the Circuit Court judge to direct the two female complainant's evidence is inadmissible as contained in statements in books of evidence against him because it referred to different dates in the indictment. CNI source report
Case subjects
Accused
Places mentioned
- The High Court
- High Court
- Circuit Criminal Court
Topics
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