The jury in the trial of Francis McPeake, who is charged with 12 counts of child sex abuse, has been sent home for the day to continue its deliberations on Wednesday.
The 72-year-old, formerly of Eliza Street Close, Belfast, is accused of abusing a 15-year-old girl between 2009 and 2010.
The well known Irish traditional musician denies all the charges.
Closing arguments were made by the prosecution and defence on Monday at Belfast Crown Court.
The traditional Irish musician faces 12 child sex abuse charges involving a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
The offences are alleged to have taken place five years ago.
Mr McPeake has always denied the charges.
A prosecution barrister, in his closing remarks, asked the jury of 10 women and two men if they thought Mr McPeake was having problems with his sexual capabilities during the time of the alleged abuse, as he was taking Viagra.
Last week, Mr McPeake said it would have been wrong to describe his sexual function as 'normal'.
The musician said the alleged victim had told him she had been abused by her own family.
The prosecution barrister said if that had been true, why did Mr McPeake not tell her parents.
He added the defendant, despite being told to keep away from the girl by her family, continued to see her.
A defence barrister said his client had not told any lies and that it was the alleged victim who had "spun a web of deceit".
He said on the only occasion she could place a time-frame on the first alleged sexual encounter with the pensioner she was exposed as a liar.
The trial heard how she alleged before they had sex in the McPeake School of Music they had "tea, toast and TV", but the barrister said that was impossible as a member of Power NI gave evidence on Monday to say the electricity had been disconnected during the time of the alleged incident.
He said she had told several lies throughout the trial and his client had only told the truth.
The jury also heard on Monday how the 'morning after pill', a contraceptive drug for women, which the prosecution wrongly referred to it as a male contraceptive, was on Mr McPeake's GP file.
Earlier the court heard evidence from doctors explaining there was no such thing as a male contraceptive pill and that the drug had been written on Mr Peake's file as a clerical error.
In another CSA case...
A sports coach has been convicted of sex abuse crimes which took place over a 15-year period.
Patrick Francis McQuillan was convicted of the offences at Antrim Crown Court. Antrim is the northeast-most county in Northern Ireland.
The father of four, from Moyle Avenue in Ballycastle, was convicted of a total of 38 offences including indecent assault and gross indecency with or towards a child.
The offences involved six victims on different dates between 1985 and 2000.
He originally faced a total of 51 child sex abuse charges.
The scout master, who was also involved with the St John's Ambulance as a first aid worker, was known as a GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) coach but Antrim county chairman Jimmy Murray has said McQuillan was not a coach for the organisation.
McQuillan was acquitted of one charge of indecently assaulting a girl and 10 other charges involving five of his male victims.
The jury also failed to reach verdicts in two others counts and were discharged from having to bring in a decision on one of the charges.
One of his victims, who did not want to be named, said going to the police was "absolutely the best decision I have ever made in my life".
The man, who was first abused when he was aged about 10, said he had believed he was the only victim when he went to the police.
However, following his example other victims came to tell their story.
McQuillan will be sentenced next month.
The 72-year-old, formerly of Eliza Street Close, Belfast, is accused of abusing a 15-year-old girl between 2009 and 2010.
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| Traditional musician Francis McPeake |
Closing arguments were made by the prosecution and defence on Monday at Belfast Crown Court.
The traditional Irish musician faces 12 child sex abuse charges involving a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
The offences are alleged to have taken place five years ago.
Mr McPeake has always denied the charges.
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| Belfast Crown Court |
Last week, Mr McPeake said it would have been wrong to describe his sexual function as 'normal'.
The musician said the alleged victim had told him she had been abused by her own family.
The prosecution barrister said if that had been true, why did Mr McPeake not tell her parents.
He added the defendant, despite being told to keep away from the girl by her family, continued to see her.
A defence barrister said his client had not told any lies and that it was the alleged victim who had "spun a web of deceit".
He said on the only occasion she could place a time-frame on the first alleged sexual encounter with the pensioner she was exposed as a liar.
The trial heard how she alleged before they had sex in the McPeake School of Music they had "tea, toast and TV", but the barrister said that was impossible as a member of Power NI gave evidence on Monday to say the electricity had been disconnected during the time of the alleged incident.
He said she had told several lies throughout the trial and his client had only told the truth.
The jury also heard on Monday how the 'morning after pill', a contraceptive drug for women, which the prosecution wrongly referred to it as a male contraceptive, was on Mr McPeake's GP file.
Earlier the court heard evidence from doctors explaining there was no such thing as a male contraceptive pill and that the drug had been written on Mr Peake's file as a clerical error.
In another CSA case...
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| Antrim Crown Court |
Patrick Francis McQuillan was convicted of the offences at Antrim Crown Court. Antrim is the northeast-most county in Northern Ireland.
The father of four, from Moyle Avenue in Ballycastle, was convicted of a total of 38 offences including indecent assault and gross indecency with or towards a child.
The offences involved six victims on different dates between 1985 and 2000.
He originally faced a total of 51 child sex abuse charges.
The scout master, who was also involved with the St John's Ambulance as a first aid worker, was known as a GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) coach but Antrim county chairman Jimmy Murray has said McQuillan was not a coach for the organisation.
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| Fairhead from Ballycastle |
The jury also failed to reach verdicts in two others counts and were discharged from having to bring in a decision on one of the charges.
One of his victims, who did not want to be named, said going to the police was "absolutely the best decision I have ever made in my life".
The man, who was first abused when he was aged about 10, said he had believed he was the only victim when he went to the police.
However, following his example other victims came to tell their story.
McQuillan will be sentenced next month.
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