After 12 years on the run, ex-doctor is jailed for sexually assaulting girls

An Irish former doctor has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two young girls.

After 12 years on the run, ex-doctor is jailed for sexually assaulting girls

Rory Doyle, a fugitive for 12 years in Ireland and Morocco, was finally sentenced in Florida after hammering out a plea agreement with prosecutors.

The 59-year-old from Donnybrook, Dublin, had consistently claimed he was not guilty of the offences, both ahead of his initial trial in 2001 and then after he was returned to the US from Tangier late last year.

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