Sexual assault occurred multiple times weekly in Waterford retail premises, court hears

Complainant says he developed a gambling addiction after being encouraged to place bets by the accused.

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A man has told a jury that he was assaulted on multiple occasions a week over a period of six months at a retail premises in Waterford City in the 1980s.

The man, then aged 15, alleged the assaults were a way of making him pay off gambling debts owed to the accused, who he worked alongside in the shop at the time.