A Dublin man has avoided jail for the attempted rape of a woman he brought back to his place after a night out in June 2012.

Reece Freeman, of Dunard Avenue in Cabra was originally accused of raping the woman (now 27).

After a night out on June 30th 2012 the court heard that Reece Freeman brought the woman back to his house from a nightclub.

Two others joined them and they all got into the same bed at around 5am - but not long afterwards Freeman asked the two others to leave.

In her own words, the victim said she woke up after becoming aware that something was happening to her.

Freeman was originally charged with two rape offences but towards the end of his trial, he offered to plead guilty to the lesser offence of attempted rape.

At his sentence hearing today, Mr. Justice Barry White criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for accepting such a plea, which he said was "unsupported and irreconcilable" with evidence put before the jury.

The victim, who does not want to be named herself, said she had no objection to the accused being identified.

Freeman has already been placed on the sex offenders register. Today he was handed a five year prison sentence which was suspended in full.