Romanians to be sentenced in May for assault of Tipperary woman

Two Romanian men will be sentenced next May for sexually assaulting a Tipperary woman last year.

Ionat Hoinaru (aged 29), of no fixed abode, and Constantin Mariscariu (aged 23), of The Avenue, Barnora, Cahir, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of the woman in Tipperary on March 16, 2008.

They changed their plea from not guilty after a jury was sworn in for their trial in the Central Criminal Court. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy thanked the jury for their time and told them they would not be required.

He remanded Hoinaru in custody and Mariscariu on continuing bail until their sentence date. He also ordered a probation report be prepared for Mariscariu.