Jailed pensioner appeals conviction for abusing teenage boy

A 74-year-old man from Crolly, County Donegal, appeared before the Court of Appeal on 28 November to challenge his conviction for sexually abusing a teenage boy over three decades ago. John Barrow had been found guilty by jury of six counts of indecent assault against the then 14-year-old between August 1989 and September 1990. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, in June…