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| Ex-scoutmaster Martin Tucker admits 26 sex offences | Ex-scoutmaster Martin Tucker admits 26 sex offences |
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| A former scoutmaster has admitted 26 sex offences against boys during the 1960s and 1970s. | A former scoutmaster has admitted 26 sex offences against boys during the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Martin Tucker, 67, of Chester, admitted five counts of serious sexual assaults, 12 of indecent assault and nine charges of indecency with a child. | Martin Tucker, 67, of Chester, admitted five counts of serious sexual assaults, 12 of indecent assault and nine charges of indecency with a child. |
| Some of the offences were committed in Flintshire as well as other places. | |
| Tucker was granted bail at Mold Crown Court ahead of sentencing. He was told he faces a lengthy custodial sentence. | Tucker was granted bail at Mold Crown Court ahead of sentencing. He was told he faces a lengthy custodial sentence. |
| Prosecuting barrister John Philpotts said that one of the victims wanted to address the court at sentencing to present his own victim impact statement. | |
| Tucker was ordered to register with the police as a sex offender pending his sentence, which may be held next week although the date has not yet been fixed. | |
| The offences date from 1968 to 1978 when he worked as a scoutmaster and occurred in Flintshire, Cheshire and elsewhere. |