Man jailed for sexual assault of cousin in Kildare

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An unnamed man was jailed for sexual assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, receiving a three-year sentence with two years suspended; the report was published on 26 March 2025.

He pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault in Co Kildare in 1999, when he was 15 and his cousin was eight.

Judge Martin Nolan said the repeated offending troubled the court, while noting the man's guilty plea, remorse, work history and lack of other convictions.