Man acquitted of sexually assaulting girl babysitting in Cork house used as brothel

The woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by the accused around 30 years ago on three occasions when she was aged from 12 to 14

A jury took one hour to deliver unanimous not guilty verdicts. File photo: Dan Linehan

A babysitter at a house being used as a brothel was sexually assaulted by a man who came back to the house at night, it was alleged during a judge and jury trial.

The accused man said: “I would never do that to a child. It is the lowest of the low.” The woman who was aged from 12 to 14 at the time claimed she was sexually assaulted by the accused man approximately 30 years ago on three occasions in the early 1990s.