Man jailed for sexually assaulting student

A student advertised a room in her apartment for rental share on Daft.ie but she was sexually assaulted in a bizarre fashion by a man who spoke of bad energy in the rooms before his actions became sexual and he later plucked a hair from her head to put in his wallet.

Dileesh Soman, 32, with an address at 20 Adare Mews, Tramway Terrace, Douglas, Cork, who is from India, was sentenced to four years in jail with the last year suspended yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

The young woman, who was sexually assaulted in her apartment in another part of Cork City, said in her victim impact statement, read by Detective Garda Ian Coughlan, she did not want to be in court for the sentencing.