Man jailed for 2 years for sex abuse

A retired security man was yesterday jailed for two years at Limerick Circuit Court for the sexual abuse of two sisters, one of whom was just four at the time.

Patrick Body, aged 65, of Ennistymon, Co Clare, and formerly with a Limerick address, pleaded guilty to one charge of sexually assaulting one of the sisters in 1990 when she was aged four, and four charges of indecently assaulting her when she was aged between four and 15.

He also pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting the second girl on two occasions in 2005 and 2006 when she was 17.