Damien Hetherington. Photo: Collins Courts
The abuse was outlined in evidence and in 23 victim impact statements read in court over two days in harrowing, unrelenting detail.
How he touched them through their clothes, under the guise of punishing them, or of fitting them for costumes for school plays, bringing them to tears with threats, then touching them under the pretence of comforting them.
His litany of shame included the 12-year-old he clamped between his legs, pressing him up against his erect penis, while reading an essay out to class.
The 13-year-old in second year at school, who was so traumatised by the abuse he left school in fifth year but was in his 40s when he finally sought counselling.
John McClean sat in the interview room at Terenure Garda Station in Dublin, his solicitor by his side, rationalising why the things he was being accused of could never have happened. Implausible, he would suggest, or improbable.
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Caoimhin Cassidy-Crossan: The Boy In The Burning Car
By Una Kelly He was great for his hugs, and his smile lit up the room.
Kristina Cassidy says a lot of people loved her 18-year-old son, Caoimhin. When you talk to those who knew him, the words affectionate and lovable are often mentioned.
But he was found dead in a burnt-out car in Londonderry in June 2019.
Since then, his family has struggled to find out what happened to a much loved son and grandson.
Caoimhin s story is told in Assume Nothing: The Boy in the Burning Car , a new podcast from BBC Northern Ireland on BBC Sounds.
Hampden Road s racy past
Added by Hugh on January 11, 2021 at 18:06
The following report was published in The Guardian on 1 August 2000
To her neighbours in north London, Josephine Daly was the harmless eccentric who named her £700,000 house Bunty s Corner after a pet dog she had buried in the garden.
Rarely seen outdoors or driving her white Rolls-Royce, the bespectacled 64-year-old hardly aroused suspicion in Hornsey.
But when detectives began investigating one of the capital s biggest vice rings, they soon discovered Josie was not what she seemed.
Over more than a decade, the quietly spoken Irish woman had built up a prostitution empire based at three saunas which was earning her an alleged £3-4m a year.