Jury out in mayor’s sex assault case

The jury in the trial of the former lord mayor of Cork on charges of sexually assaulting a teenaged girl in the 1990s is due to make a decision today.

Jury out in mayor’s sex assault case

John Murray, aged 83, of 17 Gregg Rd, Cork, a former Labour Party official and retired member of Cork City Council, denies the six charges of assaulting the girl between 1996 and 1998.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin sent the jurors home yesterday after they had deliberated for more than two hours and told them return to Cork Circuit Criminal Court to resume deliberations today at 10.30am.

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