Former boxer jailed for sex assault on sleeping woman

A former Cork boxer has been jailed for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.

Former boxer jailed for sex assault on sleeping woman

Owen Roche, aged 31, of 2 Hanover House, Fermoy, Co Cork, was given a four-year jail term with the last 18 months suspended. He was also put on the Sex Offenders Register.

Roche denied the sexual assault, but last month at Cork Circuit Criminal Court a jury found him guilty of the crime which took place on May 1 last year.

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