Man, 67, admits attempting to rape 10-year old girl 30 years ago 

Accused pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to rape the child and 19 counts of indecent or sexual assault, which occurred mainly in the late 1980s, court heard

Most serious offence consisted of attempted rape where accused removed all of girl's clothing and laid her down on his coat in a field and attempted to have full sexual intercourse with the child, court told. Picture: Larry Cummins 

A probation report was completed in the case against a 67-year-old man who admitted attempting to rape a girl when she was no more than 10 years' old about 30 years ago but now the judge has put sentencing back for a fortnight as he needs to consider the contents of the report.

Mr Justice Michael McGrath said at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork that he had just received the probation report five minutes before coming out on the bench and he required time to consider it.