A young woman has been acquitted by a jury of sexually abusing her younger cousin during sleepovers when they were children

Daniel Dooley (42) of An Carraigin, Connolly Park in Tralee was found guilty of the murder of his cousin

No closing speech was made by defence counsel on behalf of the accused and his legal team did not carry out a cross-examination, meaning the victim did not have to attend court

The man is already serving a seven-year prison term, imposed in June 2020, for the multiple sexual assaults on four girls at his flat in Dublin.

The teenager sexually assaulted his cousin, who was then eight, while she was staying at his family home on July 20th, 2019.