Meath man jailed for gross indecency walks free from court

A Meath man jailed for gross indecency with a man with a mental age of seven was has been released from custody after the balance of his sentence was suspended on appeal.

In the first case of its kind to come before the courts under legislation introduced in 1993, the 57-year-old man was jailed for 15 months by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Court in July last year and was due for release in the summer.