Creche worker on bail after jury deadlocks on sexual assault charges

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The unnamed creche worker was remanded on continuing bail after a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury failed to reach verdicts on 18 sexual assault charges on 24 March 2020. The alleged offences involved four girls at a Leinster creche between August 2014 and December 2016.

The jury had acquitted him of five charges concerning two complainants on 23 March 2020. The court adjourned the matter to 16 June 2020, while the remaining charges had no verdict.