Dublin sex abuse trial continues

A Dublin father accused of sexually abusing his children has said he believes the woman who fostered his son “planted” stories of abuse and neglect in the boy’s mind for “underlying reasons”.

The man (aged 73) told Ms Isobel Kennedy SC, prosecuting, under cross-examination, that the woman planted the allegations because he and his partner brought an assault case against her partner for allegedly biting their children while in foster care.