By Mitchell Clarke
A Cranbourne father has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two young boys on a number of occasions spanning five years.
The 59-year-old man, who won’t be named to protect his family, fronted the County Court, charged with five offences including three counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16.
According to court documents obtained by Star News, the man assaulted his victims on 12 different occasions between 2001 to 2005.
The offender, who was aged between 39 and 43, was a married father of three when the attacks took place.
Those attacks, which are too graphic to report, took place in a range of public and private places, including a bathroom at the Casey Leisure Centre and a public toilet block in Mirboo North.
After each assault, the man would tell his victim: “Don’t tell anyone about this, remember it’s our secret” or “You’re a good boy… you can’t tell anyone… you’ll get into trouble”.
His offending was eventually discovered when a suggestive note that he wrote to his victim was located by another person.
His wife filed for divorce just two days after she was made aware about the allegations in 2008.
It wasn’t until almost a decade later that the man was arrested at his Cranbourne home in November 2017.
He denied all of the allegations put to him in a police interview.
He was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced by Judge Claire Quin at a later date.
