Stepfather jailed over sex assault

A young woman sexually assaulted by her stepfather wanted him named publicly yesterday so that he would not do the same thing to someone else in the future.

Michael Riordan, aged 48, with an address at 25 The Orchard, Blackrock, Cork, was jailed for two years and six months at Cork Circuit Criminal court yesterday.

A jury of seven men and five women deliberated in the case against Riordan who was accused of 21 charges of sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter at the family home. They delivered nine guilty verdicts. All verdicts were majority 10-2 verdicts.