Jury fails to deliver verdict in Cork dentist's sex-assault trial

The jury in the trial of a Cork dentist accused of sexually assaulting a young dental nurse has failed to reach a verdict.

Dr John Tait denied a single charge of sexually assaulting the young woman at his surgery on a date in December 2006.

The jury of eight men and four women spent almost seven hours considering the evidence but failed to reach a verdict.

Sicty-year-old Dr Tait of Glen House, Upper Rochestown has been remanded on bail to appear again in court next April.