'I did nothing to her,' says West Cork man shortly after admitting sexual assault

The 64-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence as the jury was about to be sworn in to hear the case

The sexual assault is alleged to have happened at the bus station at Parnell Place in Cork. File photo: Larry Cummins

A 64-year-old West Cork man who was due to stand trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a teenaged girl at the bus station at Parnell Place in Cork pleaded guilty to the offence as the jury was about to be sworn in to hear the case.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin then remanded the accused on continuing bail to appear for sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on September 28.