Man, 79, pays woman €2,000 for grabbing her breast

A 79-year-old man who grabbed a woman’s breast in a lift at Blarney Woollen Mills has paid her €2,000 as a token of his remorse.

Andrew O’Callaghan of Gurrane South, Donoughmore, Co Cork, denied sexual assault but Judge Olann Kelleher found the facts proven and adjourned the case until yesterday for the preparation of a victim impact statement.

Defence solicitor Emmet Boyle said the woman had taken a very Christian attitude to the matter in her victim impact statement.