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Jonathan McCambridge

Former Christian Brother teacher showed ‘no mercy’ to child victims, court told

The sentencing hearing for Paul Dunleavy took place at Laganside Courthouse in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Archive)

A former teacher and school principal convicted of historical child sex abuse showed no remorse and no mercy to his victims, a judge has said.

Crown Court judge Patrick Lynch KC was responding to a plea for leniency in the sentencing of former Christian Brother Paul Dunleavy, 89, with a defence barrister saying there is very real prospect the defendant will die in jail.

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