Man found guilty of sexual assault nine years ago

A 45-year-old Offaly man has been found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in remote woodlands nine years ago.

The man had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court, to a charge of falsely imprisoning and sexually assaulting the now 23-year-old woman in a car on November 6, 2000.

Mr Justice Barry White remanded the man on bail until sentencing next month.