Man sent girl, 14, sexual messages for two weeks

An extremely vulnerable 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man following two weeks of sending her sexual messages and images by Facebook.

The accused man, Mark McGann (also known as Foley) of no fixed address faced sentencing yesterday. Detective Garda Rachel McGrath testified at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that McGann first met the 14-year-old and followed this up with contact through Facebook.