Post by Carl LaFong on Dec 5, 2023 16:24:10 GMT
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/former-ni-footballer-paddy-mccourt-cleared-of-sexual-assault-conviction-1560767.html
Former Northern Ireland and Celtic footballer Paddy McCourt has successfully appealed against a conviction for sexual assault.
The 40-year-old, of Wheatfield Court in Muff, Co Donegal, was found guilty after a trial in May of sexually touching a woman in a bar in Derry in January 2022.
At Derry Magistrates’ Court in July, district judge Ted Magill handed down a three-month sentence, which was suspended for two years.
McCourt always denied the allegation.
He successfully appealed against the conviction on Tuesday morning after Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) offered no evidence.
Former Northern Ireland and Celtic footballer Paddy McCourt has successfully appealed against a conviction for sexual assault.
The 40-year-old, of Wheatfield Court in Muff, Co Donegal, was found guilty after a trial in May of sexually touching a woman in a bar in Derry in January 2022.
At Derry Magistrates’ Court in July, district judge Ted Magill handed down a three-month sentence, which was suspended for two years.
McCourt always denied the allegation.
He successfully appealed against the conviction on Tuesday morning after Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) offered no evidence.