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Paul Healy

Surgeon Michael Shine freed to plush Dublin apartment after three years in prison for sex assault of seven boys

Sex beast surgeon Michael Shine has been freed from prison — after serving three years for sexually assaulting seven boys.

Shine, 89, was collected in a vehicle from the Midlands Prison at around 10.30am yesterday, shielded from press photographers by a closed prison gate.

In a highly unusual move, the vehicle that collected the disgraced former doctor was allowed to reverse behind a gate, where Shine then got in without being seen.

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