Mayo bread man pleads guilty to sexual assault of a schoolgirl

A bread man yesterday pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a schoolgirl working in a shop last summer.

John Ring, aged 48, of 35 Bunbeag, Castlebar, Co Mayo, initially pleaded not guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court yesterday to sexually assaulting the girl, aged 17, at a shop in Co Galway on July 22, 2014.

He also denied a second charge of harassing the girl.