Man convicted of attempted rape of girl at Leitrim lakeside

A 25-year-old Lithuanian national has been convicted of attempting to rape a Longford student on the shore of a Leitrim lake last year after she had consumed whiskey, cider and cannabis.

Tomas Urbonas, a father of one, with an address at Landmark Court, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim was also found guilty by the jury at the Central Criminal Court of sexually assaulting the 23-year-old woman on the same occasion, April 8, 2007.