72-year-old man pleads guilty to two sexual assaults in Dublin

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A 72-year-old man pleaded guilty to two sexual assaults at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 12 January 2016; sentencing was adjourned to 27 January 2016.

The offences occurred on a bus between September 1998 and September 1999, when the victim was 13. The man had originally denied 10 charges involving the bus and a private residence.

The Director of Public Prosecutions accepted his guilty pleas to two assaults on the bus. The judge said his medical prognosis would be considered before sentence was finalised.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.