Jury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court

A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual assault. Paul O'Brien, aged 47, of Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal, was found guilty of six counts of sexual assault on a child between January and December 1995. The offences occurred when O'Brien was 19 and the complainant was between nine and ten years old. The jury returned its verdict…