Former Irish international swimming coach found guilty by jury at the Central Criminal Court
Derry O’Rourke of Virgina Road, Cavan, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court. Photograph: Tom HonanFormer Irish international swimming coach Derry O’Rourke has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl 35 years ago.
The jury returned its verdict after five hours and t27 minutes of deliberations on the fifth day of the trial.It’s taken years of discrimination to start the fires in Coolock. It will take years to put them outView from South Africa: Ireland show how a drop can go a long way O’Rourke was jailed for 10 years in January 2005 after he pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and two counts of indecent assault on dates from 1975 to 1978 in relation to the victim. This sentence was backdated to March 13th, 2000.
Earlier in the trial, the now 48-year-old victim told Patricia McLoughlin SC, prosecuting, that O’Rourke had begun as her sports coach while she was a student in secondary school. The woman described being “thrilled that someone had noticed her”. The woman said she was brought into a room, and O’Rourke would stand behind her and instruct her to put her hands above her head; she then described him “putting one hand on her right breast and the other on her left breast and moving his hands up and down”. She estimated this would last about five minutes.
The complainant told Ms McLaughlin, prosecuting, that the “muscle checks” progressed and that O’Rourke would start by touching her breast and told her that he needed to do additional tests. She then said that he digitally penetrated her.
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