65-year-old man pleads guilty to sexual assault in Dublin

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A 65-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to six counts of sexual assault on dates from 2009 to 2013. The proceedings were reported on 15 March 2019. The court heard that the last assault happened in 2013 during a trip outside the jurisdiction; the girl also described abuse in a shed outside the man’s home and on a walk in Wicklow. The man cannot be named to protect the victim’s anonymity. Judge Cormac Quinn adjourned the case and remanded him on continuing bail until sentencing in May.