A former Circuit Court judge has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting six boys and attempting to rape one of them.
The offences took place between 1991 and 1997 when the victims were aged between 17 and 24 years old.The court heard this was probably as a result of his mother taking the drug thalidomide when she was pregnant.He had denied all the allegations but was found guilty by a jury last year.He said O'Brien had engaged in predatory behaviour and the jury could have had no doubt that he had manipulated things to give him the opportunity to engage in these activities.
Prosecuting counsel Anne-Marie Lawlor said O’Brien had developed inappropriate relationships with students, which involved giving them alcohol and taking them to the pub.One of the victims asked if the school could have done more to protect the boys.
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