Jury finds man not guilty of indecently assaulting his niece

A jury took less than two hours to reach an unanimous not guilty verdict in a case against a man accused of getting his niece, aged 13 or 14, to pose topless for a blue movie that would make €1,000. The middle-aged accused was found not guilty of indecently assaulting his niece between April and September 2004.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin thanked the jury of nine men and three women at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for the time and attention they had given the case. The accused was discharged, as there was nothing further against him.

The alleged assault involved putting his hand down his niece’s shorts and inserting his fingers in her vagina. She alleged this occurred after he brought her to his home for what she described as photographs and video of her for a blue movie.