Shops ban in voyeurism case

Adrian McPeake (43), with an address at Moyagoney Road at Clady near Portglenone, is charged with voyeurism.

He is alleged to have committed the offence on June 27.

The specifics of the voyeurism charge allege that he “operated equipment beneath the clothing of another person with the intention of enabling observation of genital or buttocks area when this area was not otherwise visible, and either with the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification or humiliating, alarming or distressing” the victim.

There is a second charge that he “committed an act of a lewd obscene and disgusting nature and outraged public decency by taking a photo, photos or recordings of a child or children for sexual gratification”.

He appeared via video link from prison, where he is currently on remand, at Antrim magistrates' court on Tuesday, sitting in Ballymena.

An earlier court was told CCTV footage from a shop was yet to be received and analysed, and a phone which was seized from the defendant had yet to be examined.

The court heard it was an upskirting case involving children believed to be aged between six and ten years old.

“Filming” with a mobile phone was said to have been witnessed by shop assistants.

The identities of the alleged victims are unknown, the court heard.

At court on Tuesday it was also heard McPeake has now provided his PIN code for two devices - a mobile phone and a tablet.

As part of £500 bail the defendant is not allowed to enter The Junction and he is not to be in possession of a mobile phone with photo/video capability.

McPeake is also not to access the internet and he is to have no unsupervised contact with people under the age of 18.

The case was adjourned to November 17 at the same court.

District judge Nigel Broderick told the defendant that he should consider himself “fortunate” to get bail as “these are serious matters”.