Judge laments 'every parent's worst nightmare' in sex assualt case

A 26-year-old man who sexually assaulted a four-year-old boy has been given a five-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge laments 'every parent's worst nightmare' in sex assualt case

A 26-year-old man who sexually assaulted a four-year-old boy has been given a five-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Damien Lyons, of Robert Emmet Close, Bridgefoot Street, committed the offence while alone with the child for a time and gardaí became aware of his actions following a tip-off to look at CCTV footage.

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