Former sports coach pleads guilty to indecent assaults in Waterford

On the sixth day of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the 72-year-old Waterford man, who can't be named to protect the anonymity of his victims, pleaded guilty to 13 sample counts of indecently assaulting five boys in locations in Waterford on unknown dates between December 1979 and March 1990. Picture: iStock

A former sports coach on trial for 266 counts of indecent and sexual assault will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to 13 sample counts of indecent assault.

On the sixth day of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the 72-year-old Waterford man, who can't be named to protect the anonymity of his victims, pleaded guilty to 13 sample counts of indecently assaulting five boys in locations in Waterford on unknown dates between December 1979 and March 1990.