25/09/2007
Pensioner Pleads Guilty To Sex Offences
A pensioner already serving time in prison, has pleaded guilty to 32 sex offences today.
The 71-year-old man admitted the charges involving four members of his own family, on the first day of his trial at Londonderry Crown Court.
The offences date back to January 1967 and occurred over an 11-year period when all of his victims were children.
The man is currently serving time in prison for sex offences.
Names of all those involved in the case cannot be named for legal reasons.
(LC/SP)
The 71-year-old man admitted the charges involving four members of his own family, on the first day of his trial at Londonderry Crown Court.
The offences date back to January 1967 and occurred over an 11-year period when all of his victims were children.
The man is currently serving time in prison for sex offences.
Names of all those involved in the case cannot be named for legal reasons.
(LC/SP)
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