'Too many sex offence cases involve lack of understanding of word no', says judge

Man who sexually assaulted woman after he disturbed his friend having sex with her in the back of a dark van jailed for three and a half years

'Young men must understand that "no means no’". It doesn’t mean "maybe" or "I have started so I will finish",' the judge said

A High Court judge has said that too many sexual offence cases “seems to be a lack of understanding of the simplest of words: ‘no’”.

Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring made those comments in the sentencing of a Longford man, Patrick McLoughlin, 35, who sexually assaulted a woman after he disturbed his friend having sex with her in the back of a dark van.