Teen who had sex with 13-year-old girl 'thought she was her older sister'

A Kildare man who had sex with a 13-year-old girl believing her to be her 16-year-old sister has avoided a jail term at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The now 21-year-old, who himself had just turned 17 at the time and cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to having sex with a child under the age of 17 years old at a house in a Kildare town on June 5, 2010.