'Little people grow up to be bigger and stronger', abuse victim tells attacker

A man appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to indecently assaulting a child in Dublin between 1982 and 1985. Thomas Deegan, aged 55 and with an address in Finglas, admitted the offence, which occurred when the victim was approximately eight years old. The complainant, now 45, addressed the court and stated that any power held over him in childhood had diminished with time. He…