'I was an innocent child': Engineer to be sentenced for sexual abuse of six children in Cork and Dublin

The court had heard that the child victims looked up to the defendant as a 'cool older cousin' and that teenagers would often hang out in his home and there was drinking

Judge Orla Crowe remanded the defendant into custody to February 23 next for sentence. File picture

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An engineer who spent years grooming six children who he sexually assaulted over a seven-year period will be sentenced later this month.