Bagrat Kudzievi jailed for sexual assault in Cork

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Bagrat Kudzievi was jailed for seven years, with one year suspended, for sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, reported on 1 December 2021. The assaults took place in Cork city centre on 19 October 2019.

A jury unanimously convicted Kudzievi of two counts of sexually assaulting Rachel McElroy after a trial in early November. The report says McElroy wanted to be identified in media coverage.

The sentence was backdated to October 2019, when Kudzievi first entered custody in connection with the case. The court also ordered him to leave Ireland on his release.