Man jailed for sexually attacking Cork woman who had been sexually abused as a child

The court heard that within a week of the sexual attack on her, the young woman attempted to take her own life

The accused man, 43-year-old Saadallah Ghoumrassi, was imprisoned for two years and three months. File picture

A sentence of two years and three months was imposed on a man who sexually attacked a woman in Cork city – the victim having spent a lot of her life trying to come to terms with being sexually abused as a child.

Judge Dara Hayes said: “Women are entitled to go out socialising, they are entitled to drink, they are entitled to not be hassled by men and they are most certainly entitled not to be sexually assaulted. You saw a woman in a position of vulnerability and took advantage of her.”