A 76-year-old Lurgan man charged with attempted sexual communication with a child has had his case further adjourned.
The charge sheet alleges that ‘for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification’ the defendant ‘intentionally attempted to communicate with multiple female decoys, a person under 16 years, the communication being sexual or intended to encourage the said persons to make a communication that was sexual, and you did not reasonably believe that the female decoys were 16 years or over’.
Frederick John Stanley English, of Glenview Drive, is charged in relation to between May 2 and May 31, 2023.
The case was mentioned at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
The defendant is on continuing bail. A previous court was told conditions include having no unsupervised contact with children apart from “normal every day interaction”.
He is also not to use any internet-enabled device to connect to social media sites and he is to allow police to inspect any device.
The case was adjourned to October 24.
