Garda who sexually assaulted sleeping woman fails in bid to have sentenced reduced

A disgraced ex-garda who sexually assaulted a sleeping woman after a charity event has lost an appeal against the severity of his two year prison sentence.

The 37-year-old married father of children, who has since been dismissed from An Garda Síochána, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the woman at a Mayo hotel, in July 2015.