Teacher convicted of abusing boy does not accept verdict, court hears

A 63-year-old former secondary school teacher from Donegal Town has been convicted of two counts of indecently assaulting a 13-year-old male pupil in 1985 while working as a student teacher at a Dublin secondary school. The offences occurred during home tuition sessions and on a family holiday to Spain. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the complainant, now in his fifties, described how the abuse had affected him…