Search

09 Feb 2026

Man returned for trial in Derry on historical counts of indecent assault

Accused faces three counts of indecently assaulting a male during a two-year period in the late 1990s

Suspended sentence for Donegal man at Derry Magistrate's Court

Derry Court

A man who cannot be named in order to protect his alleged victim has been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on three historical counts of indecent assault on a male following a Preliminary Enquiry at Derry Magistrate's Court.

He was charged with the offences that were said to have occurred between June 1 1998 and June 1 2000.

READ NEXT: Violent domestic incident at Derry hotel leads to suspended prison term

It was accepted that there was a case to answer and there were no contrary submissions.

He chose not to submit any statements and not to call any witnesses.

He was returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on March 9.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.