Michael Shine on trial over indecent assault charges

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Michael Shine was on trial for alleged indecent assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 18 October 2017. The charges relate to alleged incidents at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and a private clinic in Drogheda, Co Louth, between 1964 and 1991.

A complainant told the jury he received €70,000 from the hospital in a civil settlement with no admission of liability. The trial continued before Judge Cormac Quinn and a jury, with Shine denying eight charges.