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Man (80) groped and licked massage therapist on face after session at Dublin clinic, leaving her âtraumatisedâ, court hears
Dermot McElduff was told by Judge Michele Finan to offer âŹ5,000 to the victim as a token of remorse. Photo: Collins
An elderly man âgrossly abusedâ a massage therapist by groping her following a session at a Dublin clinic.
After the victim refused Dermot McElduffâs request to rub his groin, he licked her face and touched her bottom and breast, leaving her âtraumatisedâ.
Judge Michele Finan told the accused to offer âŹ5,000 as a âtoken of his remorseâ to the victim and adjourned sentencing at Dublin District Court.
McElduff (80), a father of three from Grace Park Heights, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the woman at a clinic in the city.
Detective Garda Sarah McArdle said the accused made an appointment to have a massage in May 2023. When he arrived, he was brought into a room by the victim.
In the course of the massage, he put his hand under the towel. âWhile the injured party could not see what he was doing, she was aware of what he was doing,â Det gda McArdle said.
He asked the massage therapist to rub him âon his groin and thatâ, to which she explained she could not.
This woman was trying to provide therapeutic intervention for your client who grossly abused her
She left the room while he put his clothes back on and when she returned, he âtouched her on the bumâ, leaned in to kiss her and licked the side of her face. McElduff also touched the victimâs left breast. All the contact was outside her clothes.
The accused had no previous convictions. His guilty plea was âquite valuableâ to the prosecution, defence solicitor Peter Connolly said.
McElduff had âa lot on his plateâ with family commitments, the court heard. He had worked for many years in the retail sector for âone of the big multiplesâ and had been quite successful before going into business on his own, Mr Connolly said. He has not worked for 10 years.
Judge Finan read a victim-impact statement that was handed in. She said it was âmeasuredâ and âspeaks volumes to the courtâ.
âThis woman is traumatised,â she told Mr Connolly. âShe was trying to provide therapeutic intervention for your client who grossly abused her.â
She said the accused should offer âreasonable compensationâ. Judge Finan asked the garda to explain to the victim that there was no obligation on her to accept money from the accused and that it was a âtoken of his remorseâ.
âThe court is horrified that this happened to her,â she said.
Mr Connolly said he did not anticipate that the compensation would be a problem. The accused was remanded on continuing bail to appear in court again in June.
I hate all this shite. As if it makes any difference.
He might be an old boy but his behaviour tells me he was at this crack when he was a lot younger and more dynamicâŚ
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