Sex offenders’ sentence reduced

A former public servant who was "burnt out of his house" following his conviction for sexually assaulting two young girls has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.

Aidan Leacy, aged 56, pleaded guilty to one count of sexually assaulting two young girls in the west of the country on dates between November 2007 and January 2008.

He was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Judge Carroll Moran at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on March 3, 2013.