Former RTÉ journalist from Kerry jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping woman

A female supporter of Mícheál Ó Leidhin broke down in tears after the sentence was handed down.

Mícheál Ó Leidhin (pictured), a native of Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, had denied the offence but his lawyers told a sentence hearing earlier this month at the Central Criminal Court that he now accepts the verdict of the jury. Picture: RTE.ie

A former RTÉ journalist who sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping has been jailed for 15 months.

Mícheál Ó Leidhin (38) of Sunnyside, Malahide Road, Artane, was convicted last April of sexual assault at his former home in south Dublin in the early hours of the morning of May 13, 2018.