Man who repeatedly sexually assaulted teenage babysitter argues 5.5-year sentence too severe

A man from Boyle, County Roscommon, has appealed his five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage babysitter over a nine-month period in 2005. Michael King was convicted by jury in May 2023 at Roscommon Circuit Court on twelve counts of sexual assault against a girl aged sixteen at the time of the offences. His counsel argued the headline sentence of ten-and-a-half years was excessive and…