Cork publican who sexually assaulted young bar worker avoids jail

The publican had pretended that she was the one who had made an advance on him but that he spurned her approach.

The judge said matters were made worse by the fact that she suffered "constructive dismissal" as she did not feel she could continue to work at the pub where she enjoyed working and socialising. File photo

A County Cork publican paid €15,000 compensation to a 20-year-old he sexually assaulted when she was working in his bar and he got a nine-month suspended jail term today.

He cannot be named as it could lead to identification of the victim.