Convicted child abuser released on bail

A convicted Waterford child abuser has been released on bail pending an appeal against his four-year sentence.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today granted bail to Maurice Colbert (aged 59) who, in July 2011, was jailed for four years by Judge Yvonne Murphy after a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury convicted him on 10 counts and acquitted him on two counts of sexual assault following a seven-day trial.