A man sexually abused a 12-year-old girl with an intellectual disability after meeting her at a shopping centre in what a judge has described as a "very, very concerning situation".
Laurence Martin Coghlan faced a sentence hearing in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 20, after pleading guilty to a rolled up charge of having sexual intercourse with a child.
The 57-year-old sexually assaulted the girl at his home in December 2024 after first meeting her at the Belconnen shopping centre.
