Dentist jury to resume today

THE jury in the trial of a dentist accused of sexually assaulting a young dental nurse days after she began working for him was sent home by the trial judge yesterday evening and told to resume their deliberations today.

The jury of eight men and four women deliberated for almost three hours at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Rory McCabe directed them to suspend their deliberations at 5pm and to resume today at 10.30am.