Polish man jailed for two years over street sex assault

A Polish man who sexually assaulted a woman in a street attack a few months after he arrived in Ireland has received a four-year sentence, with the final two years suspended.

The woman had been on the phone to a friend when she became aware of Mieczyslaw Sudol, 42, following her as she walked home after a night out.

Sudol snatched the woman’s phone when she told him she was speaking to her boyfriend and grabbed her throat before pulling up her dress to sexually assault her.