Government
Jun. 29, 2009
Molestation Trial Rivets San Mateo County
Child psychiatrist William Ayres is fighting charges of child molestation in a trial that has implicated much of San Mateo County's juvenile justice system.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman peered with concern at the sobbing young man in the witness box last week, the first alleged victim to testify in the trial of a prominent child psychiatrist accused of molesting adolescent boys. "Take some breaths," Freeman advised, motioning to a courtroom deputy to fetch the witness a cup of water. "Deep, slow ones. It's OK." ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman peered with concern at the sobbing young man in the witness box last week, the first alleged victim to testify in the trial of a prominent child psychiatrist accused of molesting adolescent boys. "Take some breaths," Freeman advised, motioning to a courtroom deputy to fetch the witness a cup of water. "Deep, slow ones. It's OK." ...
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