Ex-Jehovah's Witness elder gets six months for sexually assaulting six-year-old girl

The judge agreed to delay the imposition of the sentence for Josef Keys to make arrangements in respect of medications

Garda Caroline Horgan who investigated the case told the court the victim came forward to make the complaint about the historical indecent assault when the accused made a friend request to her 12-year-old daughter via social media. File photo: Larry Cummins

A former Jehovah's Witness elder is to be jailed for six months for sexually assaulting a girl aged between six and eight some 40 years ago.

Judge Dara Hayes imposed a sentence of 15 months with the last nine months suspended in the case against Josef Keys of Hazelwood Close, Glanmire, County Cork, on Thursday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.