NORTHERN IRELAND
UTV
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a young girl nearly 30 years ago.
Jurors returned to Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday after over five hours of deliberations to say they couldn’t agree on a verdict in the trial of Father Peter Donnelly and the foreman said there was no prospect of them doing so.
Donnelly, from Drumaroad Hill in Castlewellan, had denied six counts of indecent assault and one of gross indecency against the girl.
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