Woman tells court about childhood abuse and its impact

A 45-year-old woman has told the High Court how her childhood was shattered after suffering ten years of harrowing abuse at the hands of a neighbour while growing up in North Dublin.

Sinead McCarthy Garofalo of Palmerstown Wood is suing her attacker Bernard Delaney who was described in court as a pied piper figure who played guitar for local children whose parents were delighted he was looking after them.