Man gets suspended sentence for sexual assault

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A man received a fully suspended two-and-a-half-year sentence for sexual assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 8 January 2016.

He pleaded guilty to sexual assault. The offence took place at a Dublin house in June 2013. He had no previous convictions.

The report said the man had spent Christmas in custody. Judge Martin Nolan noted that the victim had accepted the €2,000 the man had raised as a token of remorse.