Kerry journalist convicted of sexually assaulting woman sleeping in his bed

Woman woke to find accused on top her of her and groping her breasts, court told

Mícheál Ó Leidhin, 38, a native of Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry, had denied the offence but his lawyers told a sentence hearing at the Central Criminal Court on Monday that he now accepts the verdict of the jury.

A journalist employed by RTÉ will be sentenced next week for sexually assaulting a woman while she was sleeping in his bed.

Mícheál Ó Leidhin, 38, of Sunnyside, Malahide Rd, Artane, Dublin, was convicted of sexual assault at his former home in south Dublin in the early hours of the morning of May 13, 2018.