MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ABUSING SISTERS IN CO GALWAY

Date Published: 14-Jan-2009

A 42 year old man pleaded guilty yesterday to 9 counts of sexually abusing his two young sisters and a niece over a five-year period in Co. Galway.The man, who may not be named in order to protect the identity of his victims, pleaded guilty before Galway Circuit Criminal Court to the indecent and sexual assault of the three girls between 1987 and 1992.They were aged between nine and twelve years of age at the time.Judge Raymond Groarke adjourned sentencing to May 20 next for the preparation of victim impact reports and he placed the accused on the Sex Offenders’ Register.