A West Coast man charged with numerous sexual assaults on children changed his plea yesterday afternoon, admitting a representative charge mid-trial in the Greymouth District Court.
The man -- who was given interim name suppression for the duration of the judge-alone trial -- was facing nine charges, allegedly committed between May 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
He faced one charge of doing an indecent act on a young person, seven charges of doing an indecent act on a child, and one of making an intimate visual recording.
The trial had been scheduled to continue into tomorrow, however part-way through one of the complainants' evidence yesterday afternoon the defendant pleaded guilty to one representative charge of doing an indecent act on a child, for offences committed between February 1, 2013 and June 30, 2013.
He was discharged on one count of doing an indecent act on a young person, while all other charges against the defendant were withdrawn due to no evidence being offered.
