Man gets 12-year term for sex attack

A Westmeath man has being jailed for 12 years for the sexual assault and attempted rape of his sister.

At the time of the attack, the 28-year-old man was serving the suspended portion of a four-year sentence for attempted armed robbery.

The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his victim, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to aggravated sexual assault, attempted rape, threatening to kill, and false imprisonment of his sister at a location in Westmeath on June 16, 2014.