Cork architect jailed for sexually assaulting girl  

The defendant was convicted by a jury on a 10-2 majority decision after he denied the crime which happened approximately 21 years ago in Cork city.

A Cork architect based in the United Kingdom was jailed for two and a half years for sexually assaulting a nine or ten-year-old girl in the city when he was 19 or 20.

Jonathan O’Regan, now aged 41, was sentenced to three years in prison with the last six months suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.