Ireland
Man in court on sexual assault charge
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 19:57
A former chairman of Cavan County Council has gone on trial at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy.
Anthony Vesey, 52, from Kilconny in Belturbet, Co Cavan, has pleaded not guilty to a single charge of sexually assaulting the youth at a hotel in Killarney in September 2007.
Mr Vesey, who is also a member and former chairman of Belturbet town council, pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned this morning.
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The trial is expected to last three days.
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