'What is the world coming to?' - Man denies harassing four teen girls, and sexually assaulting one

A middle-aged man charged with harassing four teenage girls on a bus journey and sexually assaulting one of them said all he did was engage in banter and asked: “If a fella is being brought to court for this what is the world coming to?”

The accused man, Anthony Quigley, 45, of 14 Roches Heights, Mitchelstown, County Cork, pleaded not guilty to charges including one of sexual assault and four of harassment on December 4 last year in the course of a bus journey.