Gerard O’Brien convicted of sexual assault and attempted rape

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Gerard O’Brien was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on 22 December 2023 of one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault involving six young men.

The offences were found to have occurred at locations in Dublin between March 1991 and November 1997. O’Brien, a former secondary-school teacher, denied the charges; the jury returned guilty verdicts on all nine counts.

On 29 April 2024, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said he was likely to impose a custodial sentence when finalising the case on 29 May, and remanded O’Brien on continuing bail until then.