Boy's 'touch' claim all lies says solicitor; COURTS.Byline: By MIRROR REPORTER A SOLICITOR accused of indecently assaulting a boy at a leisure centre yesterday said the claims against him were "total lies". Thomas Reynolds had been asked directly at Belfast Crown Court if he had touched the 15-year-old or had asked the boy to touch him. Reynolds, 36, of Beechlawn Avenue, Dunmurry, denies a charge of indecent assault indecent assault n. Sexual assualt. indecent assault Noun a sexual attack which does not include rape indecent assault n (BRIT) → and two relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc gross indecency INDECENCY. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R. 91. 2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of disclosures does not suffice to exclude at the Falls Leisure Centre in West Belfast on June 7, 2007. He claims he looked up from a changing cubicle and saw the boy peering over the top at him. The boy, who cannot be identified, alleges he was getting dried in a changing room at the Falls Road centre when Reynolds came in and touched him inappropriately. Reynolds admitted he had masturbated in the room because of "an urge". At hearing. CAPTION(S): CHARGES Reynolds yesterday |
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