P.R. appeals sexual assault conviction in Court of Appeal

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

P.R.'s appeal against a sexual assault conviction was before the Court of Appeal in a judgment dated 9 December 2020.

The conviction followed a majority verdict after a trial that began on 15 January 2019. The court records that P.R. was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, with three years suspended, and that the appeal challenged the trial judge's directions to the jury, including the treatment of the complainant's cross-examination.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.