Dublin man pleads guilty to indecently assaulting young nephew

A Lucan taxi call-centre worker who sexually abused his young nephew over 28 years ago will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

John O’Neill (aged 43) of Sarsfield Park pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting Mr Keith Battersby, then aged between six and eight years old, at his home and at a local cinema on dates between May 1982 and December 1984. He has no previous convictions.