Victim of retired surgeon Michael Shine tells court he was given 'a life sentence of pain'

On day 17 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a jury of two women and eight men returned guilty verdicts, having deliberated for just over six hours.

One of the victims of a retired surgeon who groped seven boys over a period of 30 years has told a court he was given “a life sentence of pain”.

Michael Shine (aged 86) of Ballsbridge, Dublin, had denied 12 charges of indecent assault and one charge of sexual assault committed during medical examinations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth and at two private clinics in Drogheda on dates between 1971 and 1992.