A dentist has had his conviction for indecent assault overturned at Cork Circuit Court this morning.
John Tait (58), Glen House, Upper Rochestown, Cork, admitted acting inappropriately when he fully opened all the buttons on a trainee dental nurse’s tunic but he strongly denied that his motivation was sexual.
He told the court he was simply being “fastidious” when he opened all four buttons in the young woman’s tunic despite knowing after opening the top two buttons that she was not wearing a T-shirt under the tunic.
This morning, Judge Seán Ó Donnabhain overturned the conviction after hearing evidence from another dental nurse who was working with Mr Tait at the time.
Judge Ó Donnabhain said there was “sufficient doubt as to give the benefit of the doubt to Tait”.
