Cork man found not guilty of sexually assaulting his daughter on Christmas Eve

The man, who was 50 at the time, had pleaded not guilty to the single charge of sexually assaulting her on the night/early hours of December 25, 2017. Picture: iStock

A jury of eight men and four women took just over three hours to find a middle-aged man not guilty of sexually assaulting his 19-year-old daughter on Christmas Eve night.

The accused wept in the dock at Cork Circuit Criminal Court when the unanimous not guilty verdict was delivered.