Isabel HayesA former secondary school teacher accused of indecently assaulting a male student 40 years ago told gardaí he fantasised about her and had a crush on her, her trial has heard. IncidentsThe incidents are alleged to have happened while Ms McSherry O’Connor worked as a student teacher at a school in Dublin. Garrett McCormack BL, prosecuting, read out the transcripts of garda interviews with Ms McSherry O’Connor in March 2022 to the jury. “Nothing untoward ever happened when I was giving him grinds in his house,” Ms McSherry O’Connor told gardaí, the court heard. She told the court that the man told her he had been sexually abused by his teacher, Ms McSherry O’Connor when he was 13.

Source: The Herald October 13, 2023 19:26 UTC