https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/nort ... y-32904310
A defence barrister in Northern Ireland sparked outrage after saying "it must be a slow news day" for the media to be interested in a historic sexual abuse case involving a five-year-old victim.
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She says that this remark is just a small snapshot into the actions of some barristers in the courtroom and the disparaging way that they treat victims.
Sarah claimed that in the first trial in her abuse case in 2022, which saw her step-brother Dennis Allen convicted of a campaign of sexual abuse against her and her brother, she was asked something "horrendous" by a barrister who questioned whether she had, as a five-year-old girl, gone into her brother's room with the intention of having sex with him.
She says following this the judge demanded the courtroom be cleared and while she does not know what was said following this, she "heard the judge shouting".