An appeal by pirate radio station founder Eamonn "Captain" Cooke against his conviction for sexually assaulting four young girls will be heard next month.
Cooke's case was mentioned before the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) yesterday in relation to the delivery of legal submissions for the appeal. The hearing will be heard by the three-judge CCA on July 15th.
Cooke (66), a married man with addresses at Heatherview Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin and Wheatfields Court, Clondalkin, was jailed for 10 years in March 2003 after being convicted the previous December.
After a 15-day trial at the Central Criminal Court, a jury had unanimously convicted Cooke of one charge each of attempted unlawful carnal knowledge in relation to two girls, one charge of attempted rape of one of those girls, and a further 31 charges of indecent assault on those two girls and another two.
When sentencing Cooke, Mr Justice Quirke said the accused had shown no remorse for the damage his actions had had on his victims' lives. He added that he could find no mitigating factor in any of the convictions.
Cooke founded the pirate station Radio Dublin which broadcast for 10 years. All his victims were under 15 years of age at the time of the offences and some were as young as six years old when the abuse began.