MS sufferer assaulted after asking for directions

A multiple sclerosis suffer was sexually assaulted by a youth after she asked him for directions, the Dublin Children's Court was told today.

The boy (aged 17) has been charged with sexual assault, under section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1990, of the woman, in south Dublin, on a date last March. He is also accused of theft of a €50 note, a sim card, and €10 in coins, from her, on the same date.