A BOY of 13 has admitted sexually assaulting a six-year-old child.

The Salisbury schoolboy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to inciting the child to engage in sexual touching and oral sex at the County of Wiltshire Youth Court yesterday.

The offences happened on April 26 of this year.

The boy has been referred to a youth offender panel for 12 months, to be accompanied by his mother.