Man gets two years for sexual assaults on young girls

A Westmeath man who sexually assaulted three young girls in Roscommon and north Dublin has been given a two years prison sentence by Judge Joseph Matthews.

The 44-year-old man was convicted by a jury on May 17 last of sexually assaulted the girls, aged seven to 11 years, at Roscommon and north Dublin addresses variously on April 16 and September 10, 2002, and on May 1, 2005.