77-year-old man jailed for indecent and sexual assault

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A 77-year-old man was jailed for five years for three indecent assaults and two sexual assaults at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 3 October 2016.

The offences occurred in Dublin between 1987 and 1991, when the victim was aged between 10 and 14. The man cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, and a jury found him guilty the previous July.

Judge Elma Sheahan said he had taken advantage of his grand-niece and had never expressed remorse. The court also heard that he had no previous convictions.