Accused teacher received anonymous calls, court hears

The wife of a north Dublin teacher accused of unlawful carnal knowledge of one of his pupils has told a jury they received anonymous phone calls after he was suspended from his job in the face of the allegations.

The 48-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of a then 16-year-old transition year student at the school on dates in March 2002.