Burglar guilty of assaulting grandmother but cleared of sex attack

A Limerickman was found not guilty of two charges of sexually assaulting a grandmother after entering her home as a burglar.

Dean Martin was found guilty of assault causing harm to the woman.

Martin, aged 21, of Ballyclough Avenue, Ballinacurra West, denied two charges of sexual assault on the woman after breaking into her house, and assault causing harm during a burglary at the house.