Kerry man who sexually assaulted two women at the end of a night out is jailed

Martin Burke followed the first woman into her room and became violent, biting her cheek and then sexually assaulting her

Justice Paul McDermott imposed an operative sentence of five-and-a-half years, but suspended the final 12 months on condition that Burke continue to engage with the Probation Service for a period of three years after his release. File picture

A man who sexually assaulted two women one after another at the end of a night out has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

One of the victims had previously known Martin Burke (26) when on the night of August 26, 2018, she met him again in a Kerry town. She invited him back to her home where the two of them sat up in the kitchen with her brother and his girlfriend.