The former Lord Mayor of Cork, John Murray, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for the sexual assault of a teenage girl.

Murray (83) - with an address at Gregg Road in Cork city - was convicted of five out of six counts of sexually assaulting the teenager in the 1990s.

Today at Cork Circuit Criminal Court - he was given a four year prison sentence with the last three years suspended for one of the counts.

He received a two year sentence with the final year suspended for the other four counts.