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Former RUC officer, 91, sexually abused teenage boy

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A jury at Belfast Crown Court has determined that a former police officer committed the acts of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the 1980s.

Albert Burns – a former CID officer in the RUC – was excused from attending the hearing at Belfast Crown Court following an assessment that his dementia rendered him incapable of attending or understanding the trial process.

It was therefore a short trial, “to determine the facts”.

The pensioner, from Carnmoney Road in Newtownabbey, was charged with, and denied, all seven offences which were committed over dates between 3 January, 1987 and 4 January, 1989.

After deliberating for less than an hour, the jury unanimously concluded that 91-year-old Burns “did the acts” alleged by the prosecution, on seven counts of indecent assault.


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