Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative, ending State’s longest-ever criminal trial

Jurors unable to reach verdict on two other men accused of sexual abuse, in trial that began last October

By Isabel Hayes, Eimear Dodd

Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative

Four men have been convicted of sexually abusing their deaf relative following the longest criminal trial in the history of the State.

Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative as longest criminal trial in the history of the State concludes

‘It’s fair to say you have been exposed to a very dark side of humanity,’ judge tells jurors as verdicts reached after harrowing trial that lasted 131 days

By Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd

Ireland's longest criminal trial ends with four men convicted for sexual abuse of deaf relative

Seven men faced a combined total of 103 charges – 98 of which pertained to abusing the main complainant.