IABA President guilty of sexually assaulting teenage girl

President of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association Gerry O'Mahony has been found guilty of sexual assault after a week-long trial in Waterford Circuit Court.

O'Mahony, aged 67, of Murphy Place, Strand Road, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co Waterford had pleaded not guilty to the single charge of sexual assault.

A jury of ten men and two women deliberated for over four hours before returning their unanimous verdict.

They found that on a date between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010 both dates inclusive O'Mahony sexually assaulted a teenage girl.

The victim wishes to retain her right to anonymity.

Trusted figure

O'Mahony was a trusted figure in the girl's life and he employed her at a work premises. She had known him since her early teens and he had often supplied her with alcohol when she was underage.

As she got older, he would drop her home from nights out. On one occasion, after dropping other people home, he solicited her for sexual favours. She refused his advances and he eventually dropped her home.

A month later, she came to the premises after a night out, at around 1am, because she wanted to go home.

She told the court: "I had drink taken but I still had my wits about me."

Inside the premises, he plied her with drink and after taking a few sips, she felt dazed. She said: "I just felt very drowsy all of a sudden."

She described laying down on a surface and losing consciousness: "I was looking at the ceiling, I remember feeling disassociated from my body."

Assault

In her testimony, after she regained consciousness she saw that her underwear, pants, and boots had been removed. O'Mahony was performing oral sex on her without her consent.

She left the premises in an agitated state and was dropped home by O'Mahony "without a word".

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