Ex-surgeon to stand trial for indecent assaults

Retired consultant surgeon Michael Shine is to stand trial accused of indecently assaulting 16 young males over three decades.

Mr Shine, aged 80, of Wellington Rd, Dublin, was charged yesterday with 25 counts of indecent assault, which allegedly occurred from the 1960s until the mid-80s, at Our Lady’s Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, and at a clinic in the same county.

Det Sgt Nicholas Kelly told Judge Cormac Dunne at Dublin District Court the retired surgeon replied “not guilty” when 24 of the charges were put to him. His response to the other charge was: “Not guilty. I was not in Ireland at the time.”