Convicted rapist acquitted of raping baby-sitter

A convicted rapist has been acquitted at the Central Criminal Court of raping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old baby-sitter in Roscommon.

The 60-year-old was found not guilty by a jury after 37 minutes deliberation and a four-day trial. He had denied four counts of indecent assault and one count of rape of the girl at his home between January 1983 and June 1984.