A former Fianna Fáil councillor has been jailed for five years for sexually assaulting an eight year old girl who was on a sleepover at his home with several other children.
Hannah Beresford, who waived her right to anonymity, told Cork Circuit Criminal Court that she hadn’t understood why her friend’s father was hurting her in the dark as she slept in a bedroom with two other girls.
Poignantly, Judge Catherine Staines heard that Hannah initially thought that John Hussey, 67, who is a retired solicitor, was tucking her in before she realised it was something more sinister.
