A jury has found a man guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at his gym in Mullingar, County Westmeath.

In 2021, a woman went to Shane Flynn’s NGS Gym & Rehabilitation Clinic for what she believed to be “expert treatment” for chronic back pain.

While massaging her, the jury heard he made inappropriate comments and touched her vagina, breasts and buttocks, leaving her terrified.

Flynn, of Dalystown in Mullingar, accused her of being “wild” or “gamey” and claimed he had to shoot her down when she got the wrong idea and crossed the line during the massage.

However, the jury didn’t believe him and convicted him of sexual assault.

18 hours of secretly-recorded footage, featuring 37 women, most of whom were topless as he massaged them, were found on his laptop.

The 35-year-old admitted making the recordings without their knowledge or consent.

A date for his sentence hearing will be set in December.

Main image: NGS Gym & Rehabilitation Clinic.