Man with behavioural difficulties jailed for sex assault on sleeping neighbour

Victim was in bed with her two children when she awoke to find accused reaching in under the covers to sexually assault her 

The accused has a very low IQ and ADHD. File picture: Larry Cummins 

A man with behavioural difficulties has been jailed for two years for trespassing at a neighbour’s house and sexually assaulting her when she was asleep in bed with her two children.

The accused denied the charges of burglary and sexual assault, but a jury found him guilty of the offences at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.