Man is jailed for child sex assaults

A heroin dealer who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl 10 times has been jailed for three years.

A heroin dealer who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl 10 times has been jailed for three years.

Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told the 22-year-old defendant's sister was present when he attacked the girl at his home. He pleaded guilty to three sample counts of sexual assault in 1996.

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