Pensioner spared jail for crèche sex attack

An elderly Co Limerick widower who sexually assaulted a two-year-old boy at a crèche has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence at Limerick Circuit Court.

James Kett, aged 78, with an address at Faha, Patrickswell, had previously pleaded guilty to the charge, which occurred at a childminding facility on October 12, 2011.

Judge Carroll Moran refused a defence application not to allow publication of the accused’s name.