Ireland Man jailed for 27 months over sexual assault in Cork
On 20 August 2020, Andrew O'Donovan, a 64-year-old man from Drimoleague, Co Cork, approached a 17-year-old girl at a bus station in Cork city and lunged at her as if to touch her breasts, which she managed to avoid. He pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault. O'Donovan had previously received an 18-month suspended sentence in 2020 for sexually assaulting a teenage patient in CUH in May 2018. At Cork Circuit Criminal Court in September 2021, he was jailed for 27 months, with the suspended sentence reactivated to run consecutively.
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- Sentenced28 Sep
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- O'Donovan pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl.
- He asked the young woman if she would meet him before lunging at her as if to touch her breasts, which she managed to avoid.
- Where
- The assault took place at a bus station in Cork city.
- When
- The bus station assault occurred on 20 August 2020.
- A previous hospital assault occurred on 14 May 2018.
- In court
- The case was heard at Cork Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Sean O'Donnabhain.
- Sentence
- O'Donovan was jailed for 27 months, comprising 18 months for the bus station assault (nine months suspended) plus reactivation of an 18-month suspended sentence imposed in 2020 for sexually assaulting a teenage patient in CUH, running consecutively.
- Other details
- O'Donovan was without convictions until the death of his wife in recent years.
- O'Donovan was diagnosed with a hyperactivity disorder in the 1970s and was on disability.
- O'Donovan shouted 'I did nothing to her' as he was led away by prison officers.
15 statements extracted from the articles
- whatO'Donovan pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl (corkbeo.ie)
- whatO'Donovan asked the young woman if she would meet him before lunging at her as if to touch her breasts (corkbeo.ie)
- whatThe woman managed to avoid having her breasts touched (corkbeo.ie)
- whereThe assault took place at a bus station in Cork city (corkbeo.ie)
- whenThe bus station assault occurred on 20 August 2020 (corkbeo.ie)
- whenThe previous hospital assault occurred on 14 May 2018 (corkbeo.ie)
- courtThe case was heard at Cork Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Sean O'Donnabhain (corkbeo.ie)
- sentenceO'Donovan was jailed for 27 months (corkbeo.ie)
- sentenceThe judge reactivated the 18-month suspended sentence from the 2020 hospital assault (corkbeo.ie)
- sentenceFor the bus station offence, O'Donovan was jailed for 18 months with nine months suspended (corkbeo.ie)
- otherThe offences are running consecutively (corkbeo.ie)
- otherO'Donovan had a previous 18-month suspended sentence imposed in 2020 for sexually assaulting a teenage patient in CUH (corkbeo.ie)
- otherO'Donovan was without convictions until the death of his wife in recent years (corkbeo.ie)
- otherO'Donovan was diagnosed with a hyperactivity disorder in the 1970s and was on disability (corkbeo.ie)
- otherO'Donovan shouted 'I did nothing to her' as he was led away by prison officers (corkbeo.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 28 Sep2021Cork man, 64, jailed after sexually assaulting teenage girl at bus station
Sentencing report: O'Donovan jailed for 27 months (18 months for the bus station assault with 9 months suspended, plus reactivation of 18-month suspended sentence from the 2018 CUH assault). Includes victim impact statement, defence submissions, and details of the prior hospital assault.
convicted, Andrew O'Donovan, 64, male, named, irish (judged from name)Andrew O'Donovanvictim, 17, female