National court archive · 2026-03-18
Press barred from naming multinational manager who assaulted teen au pair in 'moment of insanity'
At a glance
- Crime
- assaulting the 18-year-old under Section 2 of the Non-fatal offences against the person Act 1997
- People
- Orla Crowe, Morgan Shelley SC
- Locations
- Dublin
- Court
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Outcome
- She set a headline sentence of five months, but reduced this to four months imprisonment
Summary
A 41-year-old manager at a multinational company has pleaded guilty to assaulting his 18-year-old au pair at his Dublin home in 2020. The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court barred the press from identifying him after his lawyers argued that naming him would remove anonymity from a related Workplace Relations Commission adjudication. Judge Orla Crowe reduced the term to four months, adjourned sentencing to May for a Probation Service report and directed that an €11,000 sum offered as remorse be given to the investigating garda.
Original reporting: courtsnewsireland.ie