Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:52

A 60 year-old Clare schoolteacher yesterday appeared in court charged with committing 14 sexual offences involving a then 15-year-old girl. Thirteen of the alleged offences occurred in two separate rooms of a Clare school between September and November of last year.The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was making his second appearance in court on the charges, and is facing nine counts of sexually exploiting and five of defiling the girl. The case was adjourned to yesterday for the serving of a book of evidence. However, Garda Inspector John Galvin sought another adjournment to Shannon District Court on September 16. Judge Joseph Mangan remanded the man on conditional bail to that date.

Gordon Deegan

Above: Inspector John Galvin

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