Man convicted of sexually assaulting his wife in their Limerick home to be sentenced later

Relationship had broken down and sexual assault occurred when woman was asleep on a fold-out couch in the sitting room, court heard

Woman said what happened to her was disgusting and humiliating and as far as she was concerned this continued during the trial as details were presented before the judge and jury. Picture: iStock

Sentencing was put back until next month in the case against a man found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting his wife at a time when their relationship had broken down but they were still living in the same house.

Detective Garda Fiona O’Connell gave evidence at the sentencing hearing following a finding of a jury at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Nenagh last November that the accused was guilty of sexually assaulting his wife and not guilty of raping her.