A garda sergeant has been convicted at the Dublin District Court this evening of sexually assaulting a female colleague and fined €1,000.
The assault took place at a south Dublin garda station in June 2010.
It is the second time in a week the 49-year-old man has been convicted for such an offence.
He is due to be sentenced later this week for two other sexual assaults on another female gardaí.
The female garda was putting a camera back in the office on 2 June 2010. She had to pass the sergeant who was working on a computer but he grabbed her thigh causing her to scream.
She said she was very upset by the incident and by the fact that he made an inappropriate comment to her afterwards.
The garda sergeant pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the woman but was convicted in the Dublin District Court this evening.
Judge Timothy Lucey said the sergeant would lose his job and the conviction would have a very serious effect on his pension. He said it was not a jailing offence, but the fine would be at the higher end and he fined him €1,000.
Reporting restrictions were imposed earlier to prevent the identification of the complainant. This included an order prohibiting publication of the defendant's name, place of work and where the incidents allegedly occurred.
The judge did not lift those restrictions today. He said he was making no order whatsoever. He was not changing anything.
Last Tuesday, the garda sergeant was found guilty of assaulting a probationer garda on two separate occasions in the garda station in March and June 2010.
Judge Bridget Reilly is due to sentence him for these offences on Friday.
