Tipperary man jailed for eight years for sex assault

A Co Tipperary teenager who was violently sexually assaulted has said in her victim impact statement that she has since tried to kill herself “many times and in many ways”.

Her attacker, Noel Holland (aged 37) of Clarkes Flats, Main Street, Templemore, was sentenced to eight years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court today after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the then 18-year-old at his home on February 1, 2009.