A prisoner in Mountjoy Jail was convicted at the Central Criminal Court yesterday of sexually assaulting a cellmate.
Gerard Duffy (35), of Sean McDermott Street, Dublin, who is serving an eight-year sentence for manslaughter, was acquitted by the jury of a second charge of raping his 22-year-old victim on the same occasion, June 28th, 1997.
Mr Justice Carney remanded Duffy for sentence on January 15th. He had pleaded not guilty to both charges.