Man abused girls during ‘chase and tickle’ game

A man who admitted playing a game of “chase and tickle” with young girls on a summer day in 1996 but denied any indecency has been found guilty of sexually assaulting three of the girls during the game.

Greg Crosbie, aged 45, of Owenahincha, Rosscarbery, Co Cork, denied three counts of sexual assault at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

He was found guilty by the jury in a unanimous verdict on each of the three counts yesterday.