30-year-old man jailed for sexual assault of cousin

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The 30-year-old man was jailed for 14 months for sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court on 30 April 2018; a concurrent seven-month sentence was also imposed.

A jury convicted him of two counts of sexual assault involving his 13-year-old cousin during a visit to Ireland in 2003. The judge considered his age when the offences occurred, along with his employment history, education and young children, but noted an absence of genuine remorse.

The man had denied the charges and continued to claim the sexual contact was consensual. The court heard that consent was not a defence because the complainant was a child at the time.