8 years in jail for sex attack of disabled woman

A man who violently sexually assaulted a 58-year-old woman who has an intellectually disability was yesterday jailed for 12 years, with the last four years suspended.

The victim can no longer live on her own after her attacker forced his way into her home.

The attack left her with bruising and abrasions to her shoulder, chest, knees, ankle, her right arm and her buttock, and with carpet burns on her back.