Cork farm worker jailed for sexual abuse of his niece when she was a child

Accused, who has moderate intellectual disability, had shown no remorse or regret for his actions, court heard

Accused was sentenced to three years in jail with the final two years suspended.

An intellectually challenged man who sexually abused his niece when she was a child two decades ago has been jailed for one year.

Farm labourer William O'Riordan, 48, of Derry, Banteer, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to three counts of sexual abuse at a place in Co Cork on three occasions between September 2001 and March 2006.