Rapist set to pay €4.7m undergoes brain scan

A man at the centre of a landmark €4.7m sex abuse award case has undergone a brain scan to help determine whether he is suffering from dementia which could lead to the award being set aside.

Last November, retired company director Joseph Carrick was ordered to pay €4m to Jacqueline O’Toole and €700,000 to her cousin Geraldine Nolan after two separate High Court juries found he raped them when they were children.

Carrick, aged 72, of Carysfort Woods, Blackrock, Co Dublin, was not represented during those trials, saying he was unable to pay his lawyers and he also did not represent himself.