Waterford man gets eight years for sexual assault

A Waterford man has been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court for raping and sexually assaulting a girl from when she was nine.

Maurice Colbert (aged 56) of Coolbagh, Clashmore, Co Waterford was convicted by a jury last February of raping, orally raping and sexually assaulting the victim between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1997. He had denied all the charges.