Cork teenager cleared of sexual assault in lift

The jury in a sex assault trial took less that three hours to decide that the teenager did not carry out a sex assault on a woman in the lift of her apartment building in Cork.

The defendant, aged 17, was on trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he admitted falsely imprisoning the woman in the lift and assault causing harm but he denied the charge of sexual assault.

Cleared of the sex attack, he was remanded in custody for sentencing on the other two charges today.