Former care worker jailed for sexual assault of girl

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

A former care worker was jailed for three years at the Central Criminal Court on 10 February 2021 after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. The assault happened at his home in west Dublin on 17 March 2000.

The court heard that he failed to appear for sentencing in 2002, was found in the UK in 2019 and later extradited to Ireland. Mr Justice Michael White backdated the sentence to 19 April 2019, citing the guilty plea, his admissions and limited remorse as mitigating factors.