Kidnap and sex assault admitted

A man has admitted kidnapping a boy from Co Meath and violently sexually assaulting him in June 1995.

A man has admitted kidnapping a boy from Co Meath and violently sexually assaulting him in June 1995.

The 20 year old defendant, was remanded on bail to allow: time for reports on him before sentence at the Central Criminal Court on June 20th.

He pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning the 11 year old boy in his car in Meath and later in various places in Northern Ireland on June 28th, 1995.

He also pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the boy in circumstances of factual or threatened serious violence, so as to cause degradation and humiliation on the same date.