Paddy Harty jailed for sexual assault at The Curragh

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Paddy Harty was jailed for four years for sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court on 29 January 2018. The attack took place at The Curragh, Co Kildare, after Harty met the woman in a pub. His sentence was made consecutive to another four-year sentence imposed for theft and fraud offences.

Harty pleaded guilty and had 168 previous convictions, including theft, burglary and breaches of domestic violence orders. The court heard he was unlawfully at large when the assault occurred and that he had no previous history of sexual offending.