No jail for young man who sexually assaulted girl, 14, he met through Snapchat

The defendant was a friend of the 14-year-old girl's elder sister

The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to three charges arising out of the matter at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File photo

A 14-year-old girl met her elder sister’s 19-year-old friend through Snapchat and he brought her to a secluded seaside area in his car where he sexually assaulted her.

The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to three charges arising out of the matter at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. He confessed to sexual assault, inciting a child to touch his body and communicating with a child and then meeting her for the purpose of sexual exploitation.