End leaks to media, judge tells gardaí
She made the comments in a Supreme Court decision rejecting an appeal by a 72-year-old former Christian Brother and national school teacher who sought to halt his trial on multiple sex-abuse charges involving former pupils.
It was argued the trial should be stopped because of a lengthy prosecutorial delay in charging him with 251 counts of indecent assault on 18 children in the 1970s and 1980s. It was also argued his case had been prejudiced by adverse publicity generated in relation to previous charges which he was tried on but never convicted.
