29-year-old Italian man jailed for sexually assaulting flatmate

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A 29-year-old Italian man was jailed for 2½ years for sexually assaulting his flatmate at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 13 January 2020. The assault happened at a flat in Dublin city on 28 April 2018 while the woman was sleeping on a couch.

The man pleaded guilty to sexual assault and cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity. Judge Martin Nolan said a custodial sentence was necessary, although he accepted the man’s expressions of shame and remorse as genuine.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.