Drunk Corkman who tried to kiss woman sitting upstairs on double-decker bus avoids jail

Accused pleaded guilty to committing sexual assault

CCTV was downloaded from the bus and shown in court. File picture: Larry Cummins

A man who hassled a young woman sitting upstairs in a double-decker bus and then tried to kiss her has been given a three-month suspended sentence.

Inspector Gillian Sinnott told Judge Marian O’Leary at Cork District Court: “He was trying to kiss this lady upstairs on the bus.”