A former healthcare worker has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexually assaulting an elderly resident of a Co Kildare nursing home where he worked three years ago.
Michael Tuohy (51) of Beaufield Avenue, Maynooth, Co Kildare pleaded guilty before a sitting of Naas Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of engaging in a sexual act with a protected person contrary to Section 21 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017.
The court heard that Tuohy had digitally penetrated his victim, who suffered from dementia, while he was changing her incontinence pad.
