Derry Court: Date set in sexual assault case against former Celtic star Paddy McCourt

A date has been set for May 23 for the contest involving former Derry City and Celtic footballer Patrick McCourt on a charge of sexual assault.

McCourt (39) of Wheatfield Court in Muff, County Donegal faces one charge of sexual assault that was said to have occurred on January 30 this year.

At today's sitting of Derry Magistrate's Court a defence barrister Eoghan Devlin said that he was in a position to fix a date for the contest.

He said that the case would probably take a full day and involved an abuse of process application which would be heard on the day during the case.

District Judge Barney McElholm said he would fix a date for May 23 and enquiries would have to be made for a courtroom and a judge to deal with the case.

The case will be reviewed on February 13.