Jim Fitzsimons jailed for sexual assault of a boy

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Jim Fitzsimons was jailed for 30 months for sexual assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 27 October 2022.

A jury convicted Fitzsimons of three counts involving a 12-year-old boy, after he pleaded not guilty.

The judge reduced a headline sentence of 40 months to 30 months, citing mitigation including Fitzsimons’s lack of previous convictions.