Teacher jailed for indecently assaulting pupil, 13, in 1985

The court heard the abuse occurred while Jacintha McSherry O'Connor worked as a student teacher at a Dublin secondary school in 1985
Teacher jailed for indecently assaulting pupil, 13, in 1985

Jacintha McSherry O'Connor (pictured) was found guilty of two counts of indecently assaulting a male student in 1985 following a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial in October. File picture: Collins Courts

A former secondary school teacher who indecently assaulted a 13-year-old pupil nearly 40 years ago has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Jacintha McSherry O'Connor (63), of the Mullins, Donegal Town, Co Donegal, was found guilty of two counts of indecently assaulting a male student in 1985 following a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial in October.

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