Seán McCárthaighA woman has claimed she was sexually assaulted by her uncle as a young girl while being carried on his shoulders on the way from her family home to visit her grandmother. The alleged victim told a sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court that her uncle had started moving his hand towards her crotch area on the short walk between the two houses. The accused, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, pleaded not guilty to three charges of sexually assaulting his young relative on dates unknown between January 1991 and February 1992. She described how he reacted by pushing her hand away and telling her to stop or he would put her down. The trial, before Judge Patrick Quinn and a jury of seven men and five women, will resume on Friday.

Source: The Herald May 18, 2023 17:52 UTC