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| Manchester University sex assaults: boy, 14, admits five charges | Manchester University sex assaults: boy, 14, admits five charges |
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| A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting five women around the Manchester University campus. | A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting five women around the Manchester University campus. |
| The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admits groping the women on 21 September and 5 October this year, Manchester youth court heard on Monday. | The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admits groping the women on 21 September and 5 October this year, Manchester youth court heard on Monday. |
| He pleaded guilty to three assaults on three different women within the space of 80 minutes on 21 September and two further assaults on two more women on 5 October. | |
| Because of his age he was not required to enter the dock, but sat between his father and his lawyer, Alex Preston, in the main court room. Wearing jeans and a jumper, he stood to enter his guilty pleas and receive instructions from district judge Mark Hadfield. | |
| The Guardian understands he admits touching the women's bottoms outside of their clothing and, in one instance, putting his hand up a woman's top. He also admits making sexually explicit remarks to his victims. He has no previous convictions, Preston told the court. | |
| The boy was arrested at the weekend, along with his 18-year-old brother, after a well-publicised appeal from Greater Manchester police. The brother was not charged and is currently on police bail. | |
| The 14-year-old was given conditional bail and a curfew from 6pm to 6am and ordered not to enter the Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University campuses. | The 14-year-old was given conditional bail and a curfew from 6pm to 6am and ordered not to enter the Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University campuses. |
| The judge ordered reports from the youth offending service and told the boy to report back for sentencing on 2 December. | The judge ordered reports from the youth offending service and told the boy to report back for sentencing on 2 December. |
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