A Circuit Court judge who was a form teacher in a Dublin secondary school has been found guilty of one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault against six complainants in the 1990s.
Gerry O’Brien (59) made no reaction when the jury returned the guilty verdicts in the Central Criminal Court on Friday. The jury deliberated for seven hours and 37 minutes.
The four-week trial came to its closing stages this week with Mr Justice Alexander Owens delivering his charge to the jury.
O’Brien, of Old School House, Slievenamon Road, Thurles, Co Tipperary, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault in relation to six complainants on dates between March 1991 and November 1997 at locations in Co Dublin.
He was in his 30s at the time of the alleged offences, while the six complainants were then aged between 17 and 24.
During the trial, the court heard O’Brien was appointed a Circuit Court judge in 2015 and had worked as a…
