By Isabel Hayes and Eimear Dodd
Former Irish national swimming coach George Gibney has been convicted of sexually abusing four girls over 50 years ago.
Decades after he first abused young swimmers under his care, a Central Criminal Court jury today found Gibney, now 77, guilty of 39 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape.
The jury acquitted him of one count of indecently assaulting one of the complainants on a date between 1976 and 1977.
Gibney went on trial on June 23 last, referred to only as a sports coach in reporting the case. He can now be named upon his conviction.
He pleaded guilty at the outset of the trial to five counts of indecently assaulting one of the complainants
Gibney, of Breakwater Drive, Altamonte Springs, Florida, made no reaction as the guilty verdicts were handed down.
The jury deliberated for over seven hours following the 11-day trial.
He will face a sentence hearing on July 29.
Gibney was extradited from Florida last year to face the historic allegations.