'There simply was no consent' — Jail for man who sexually assaulted sleeping woman

In her victim impact statement, the woman said it had been a 'long and arduous 10 years' not knowing if the case would come to a final conclusion

Thomas Headon pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sexual assault of the woman in the hotel on April 28, 2013. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A man who sexually assaulted a sleeping woman after she had told him she didn’t want to continue with earlier consensual sexual activity between them has been jailed for nine months.

Thomas Headon (40) had met the English woman earlier that night while they had been out socialising separately in Dublin city in April 2013. She and her friend invited Headon and another man back to their hotel room.