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Man faces sentence for having sex with underage employee

A former business owner who had sex with an underage employee will be sentenced this morning at Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court. The 40-year old man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, told gardaí that he knew the girl was 16 when she began working for him.