The 12-year-old gave evidence during cross-examination that she does not think the 32-year-old accused woman touched her privates. She later said she might have made the same mistake regarding her grandmother, who when thinking back she did not remember doing anything. The seven accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, include the parents, grandmother and aunts and uncles of the three main child complainants. Maria Brosnan BL, defending the girl’s grandmother, asked the girl if it was possible if she had made the same mistake about her client. The girl told Dean Kelly SC, defending her mother, that she went to live with her foster parents in April 2016.

Source: The Irish Times June 01, 2021 13:09 UTC