Mieczyslaw Sudol sentenced to four years, with final two years suspended, for street sexual assault

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Mieczyslaw Sudol pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to sexually assaulting a woman and stealing her phone in Co Kerry on May 5, 2008. The court heard that he followed her as she walked home, grabbed her throat, sexually assaulted her and ran off with her phone after her screams alerted nearby residents.

The judge imposed a four-year sentence, with the final two years suspended, taking account of Sudol’s early guilty plea, clean record and co-operation. The term was backdated to when he entered custody in June 2014.