Man harassed Cork woman for years before sexually assaulting her, court told

The court heard “there were multiple unwanted messages and gifts, culminating in stalking and pacing up and down outside her home".

The defendant’s father was ready to take him back home to the UK and have him admitted to a psychiatric facility. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork woman who put up with years of harassment by a middle-aged man in her area finally made a complaint to gardaí when he sexually assaulted her outside her home.

The sexual assault which was described for Judge Helen Boyle at the sentencing hearing consisted of him slapping her on the backside and then laughing and walking away.