Michael Shine found not guilty of one indecent assault charge

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Michael Shine was directed to be found not guilty of one indecent assault charge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 27 October 2017. The charge concerned an alleged assault on a 15-year-old boy at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda between 1988 and 1991. Shine had pleaded not guilty to eight charges of indecently assaulting six patients between 1964 and 1991. The trial evidence had ended, with closing speeches due to follow.