A 67-year-old man who gave cigarettes to a 13-year-old girl in return for “hugs and kisses” was jailed for eight months yesterday for sexual assault.
John Doyle, Crookstown, Co Cork, received a two-year sentence with the final 16 months suspended after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the girl in April 2009.
Cork Circuit Court heard the girl was sitting on Doyle’s couch on a date between April 1st and April 25th, 2009, when the assault took place.
The court heard Doyle had given his victim up to six cigarettes per day over a period of two months leading up to the assault. He would sometimes place them in a box under a stone or she would call to his house.
Cork Circuit Court heard the assault left the victim suicidal and suffering from flashbacks.