A Lurgan man (76) charged with ‘attempted sexual communication with a child’ is set to have his case sent to the Crown Court.
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 in 2023.
The case was mentioned at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Friday. The defendant is on continuing bail.
The case was adjourned to March 27 for a preliminary enquiry – the legal step to potentially send the case to the Crown Court.
