UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
BY ABIGAIL O’LEARY
10 MAR 2017
An ex-vicar has been jailed for sexual abuse of a choirboy after a disabled victim gave evidence using eye-tracking technology for the first time in British legal history.
Victim Michael Kelsick gave evidence to the court from a hospice by blinking when asked questions.
Sadly, Michael died of motor neurone disease in a hospice before hearing his 78-year-old abuser had been found guilty.
Cyril Rowe was sentenced to four years at Bournemouth Crown Court after being convicted of three counts of indecent assault at a Tower Hamlets church in the late 1970s.
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