Teacher accused of raping boy in toilet

After a rape attack in a school toilet, a teacher took his young victim to meet an international sports star as a treat, a court heard.

The former fifth class pupil at a Limerick school yesterday recalled while being anally raped, the teacher burned his penis and testicles with a cigarette.

The former teacher, now aged 75, has pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to two counts of indecent assault in a classroom and a school toilet at dates between September 9, 1978, and July 4, 1979.