Sex abuser given suspended term

A former hospital worker who sexually abused three young men in November 1994 was given a four-year suspended prison sentence…

A former hospital worker who sexually abused three young men in November 1994 was given a four-year suspended prison sentence at Sligo Circuit Court yesterday.

Judge Michael White directed that the defendant enter into a bond to be of good behaviour for three years and to stay away from the victims. The 30- year-old man was also ordered to do 150 hours of community service work.

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