Psychiatric assessment for Cork man accused of sexual assault

The 62-year-old man is charged with carrying out a sexual assault on a woman on Douglas Road in Cork on Friday, May 7

The accused man's lawyers were having difficulties taking instructions from him. File picture: iStock

A psychiatric assessment is to be carried out on a 62-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the Douglas area of Cork as it emerged that his lawyers were having difficulties taking instructions from him.

Patrick Vaughan was not required to be present yesterday where the case was listed in the call-over of cases on the opening day of Cork Circuit Criminal Court.