'Grandfather figure' gets three years for sexually assaulting girl

A Limerick man described as a "grandfather figure" who sexually assaulted a young girl has been given a three-year prison sentence by Mr Justice John Edwards at the Central Criminal Court.

The 61-year-old man was convicted by a jury earlier this month on two charges of sexually assaulting her on dates in 1998 and 2001 but acquitted on 40 further charges, including 12 of raping her.