Man sentenced to nine years for sex assault

A man who subjected a female student to more than hour of horrific sexual and physical assault near her south Dublin home in the early hours of the morning has been jailed for nine years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

Karl Murray, aged 31, single, of Kilakee Park, Firhouse was detained and held by young men who caught him when he tried to make his escape after two of them challenged him while he dragged the victim along the road.