No jail for Corkman who sexually assaulted his stepsister when they were children

The victim said she was 'burdened with the secret knowledge of what had been done' and that the offending had a 'terrible impact on her'

In sentencing, Mr Justice Burns said: “To some extent, the man who appears before the court is a different man to the boy who committed the offences.” File picture

A man who sexually assaulted his stepsister while "wrestling" has been handed a fully suspended sentence.

The 57-year-old Cork man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victim, appeared before Mr Justice Paul Burns in the Central Criminal Court on Monday after pleading guilty to indecently and sexually assaulting his stepsister over the course of three months in 1991.