Ex-scout leader pleads guilty to indecently assaulting three young boys four decades ago

A former Dublin scout leader and convicted sexual abuser has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting three young boys in the 1970s.

David O'Brien (aged 67) appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in a wheelchair today where he pleaded guilty to four counts of indecently assaulting three boys under the age of 15 between January 1972 and December 1978.