Suspended sentence for sexual assault on elderly woman

A Dublin man who got into bed on top of an elderly widow and tried to pull up her night dress after dropping her home from a local party has received a three year suspended sentence.

Suspended sentence for sexual assault on elderly woman

A Dublin man who got into bed on top of an elderly widow and tried to pull up her night dress after dropping her home from a local party has received a three year suspended sentence.

The man (aged 50) went voluntarily to his local garda station after the incident, said he couldn’t remember what happened but couldn’t refute the elderly lady’s words and revealed he had tried to commit suicide out of shame and remorse for his behaviour.

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