MOYCULLEN MAN GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF NIECE

Date Published: 28-Jul-2009

A 64 year old Moycullen farmer who sexually assaulted his 11 year-old niece 28 years ago, has been given a suspended three-year sentence. Michael Walsh of Cloonabinna, Moycullen denied two charges of indecently assaulting the child on two dates in July and August 1981, during a three-day trial last February.But a jury found him guilty of one of the charges.