Cork dentist convicted of sex assault on employee

Cork dentist John Tait was convicted yesterday of sexually assaulting a dental nurse at his surgery in 2006, just days after she started working for him.

The jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court took about three and a half hours to return a majority 11-1 guilty verdict against Tait, aged 60, of Glen House, Upper Rochestown, Cork.

The victim was 20 at the time, while Tait was 55. The woman said he lifted her vest without asking and exposed her breasts for almost a minute during a dental examination.