Pensioner admits 12 assaults on boy

An 82-year-old man from Glanmire, Co Cork, confirmed yesterday that he indecently assaulted a boy 12 times in the late 1960s.

Patrick Bassett with an address at The Farmhouse, Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, Co Cork, came before Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday on a signed plea of guilty to 12 counts of indecent assault.

Bassett was asked by registrar, Richard O’Connor, if he wanted to change his signed plea of guilty to the charges. The accused replied that he did not want to change his plea.