article_snippet: Yet in just a year his reputation was shattered, his lost his job and became clinically depressed, prey to anxiety and panic.
article_snippet: A £25,000 legal bill exhausted his entire savings and ate into those of his parents.
article_snippet: his reputation unjustly besmirched, his and his wife Jane — who has two grown-up daughters by a previous relationship — had to give up he and his wife Jane — who has two grown-up daughters by a previous relationship — dream of adopting a child.
article_snippet: Both he and Jane told only close friends and family of the accusations.
article_snippet: Jane recalls the fallout of the allegations.
article_snippet: And the case brought one devastating side-effect.
article_snippet: The legal proceedings consumed The legal proceedings savings, and Brendan’s parents — in no doubt of The legal proceedings sonBrendan’s innocence — chipped in.
article_snippet: As the case approached, a swell of support buoyed them up.
article_snippet: Jane was with Jane daughters in court and when the verdict came, Jane was euphoric.
article_snippet: I squeezed her daughters in court’ hands,’ her daughters in court recalls.
article_snippet: Justice had prevailed, but at what cost?