Man charged over alleged sexual assault of woman in Cork city 

The alleged sexually assault occurred on French Church Street im Cork. File picture: Larry Cummins

A woman walking along French Church St in the heart of Cork city was sexually assaulted by a man shortly before noon on Wednesday and now a man has been arrested and brought before Cork District Court charged with the alleged attack.

Chinonso Igboanusi, aged 28, of no fixed address appeared at Cork District Court where Garda Thomas McKenna gave evidence of the young man’s arrest on charges of sexual assault, common assault (under Section 2 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act), and obstruction of a garda.