Civil servant tried to drug and rape his own baby and then raped his five-year-old niece, civil servents and members of the police service should not be protected from named in NI Courts

A Co Antrim man tried to drug and rape his toddler and raped his five-year-old niece, a court heard today.

             Laganside Courts (PA) 

                 December 1st, 2022. 

The 39-year-old civil servant is ‘obsessed’ with the girls and also targeted another girl he met online, the court was told.

Police believe he made secret recordings and shared images with another paedophile.

The defendant, who cannot be named to avoid identifying the complainants, was arrested after making disclosures to an undercover officer.

He appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court on charges stretching back over a 14-year period. He faces charges of rape, voyeurism, administering a substance with sexual intent, sexual assault and sexual activity with a child family member, sexual communication and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Further allegations involve making and distributing indecent images, as well as improper use of a public communications network.

The defendant told the undercover officer that he began to molest his daughter when she was two years old and only stopped when she became old enough to understand what was happening.

“He put sleeping tablets in her tea in an attempt to drug and rape her, however the drugs had no effect,” a detective contended.

In other alleged incidents, he took videos of the girl’s private parts as she slept and filmed himself performing sexual acts in her bedroom.

The man also confessed to raping his niece when she was aged five during a sleepover, according to police. He described how he is still sexually attracted to her and tries to get close to her on family holidays.

Neither his daughter nor his niece is fully aware of the offences he is accused of committing.

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Earlier this year, the alleged abuse widened out to an unrelated 10-year-old girl living in the Belfast area.

With the man posing as a young boy, social media apps Snapchat and TikTok were used to make contact. During online chats, he persuaded her to send indecent images of herself which were then distributed to “likeminded people”, the court heard.

Images have been located on his phone and in a folder said to have been hidden in the cloud.

Opposing bail, the detective contended: “This offending goes back 14 years, and we believe it has escalated to now contacting people outside the home during the day he’s meant to be working and at night when his family are sleeping.

“This behaviour is compulsive, he has admitted having a fascination with his niece and an obsession with his daughter.”

Following arrest, the defendant claimed anything said to the undercover officer was nothing more than fantasy.

He admitted having videos of his daughter stored on his phone but denied being sexually attracted to her.

Defence counsel Charlene Dempsey described her client’s actions as “deplorable”, but argued there was no evidence that he attempted to physically meet underage children.

“He’s someone sitting behind a computer and engaging in very depraved, online fantasy-type behaviour,” she submitted.

Refusing the man’s bid to be released from custody, however, District Judge Anne Marshall identified a high risk of re-offending.

“His children don’t even know the full extent of it yet,” she pointed out. “There is absolutely no chance I would grant him bail.”

The defendant was remanded in custody to appear in court again later this month.

With many thanks to the: Belfast Telegraph and Alan Erwin for the original story. 

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Civil servant tried to drug and rape his baby and raped his five-year-old niece, court told.

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Man accused of secretly filming teenage stepdaughter in shower and sexually assaulting her friend refused bail

The man was refused bail due to the risk of him absconding.

   Any form of sexual abuse is very wrong 

                    July 26th, 2022. 

A Co Antrim man accused of secretly filming his teenage stepdaughter in the shower claimed he set up recordings to deal with his own body issues, the High Court heard.

The 37-year-old defendant, who cannot be named, also allegedly subjected her friend to sexual assaults while she was unconscious and in a hot tub.

Prosecutors said police are trying to identify another young boy whose image was discovered on the man’s phone.

He is charged with multiple counts of voyeurism, making and possessing indecent photographs, and sexual assault on dates between January 2020 and April 2022.

Police were contacted after his ex-partner’s daughter discovered pictures of her naked and in underwear on an old phone belonging to him, the court heard.

It then emerged that a mobile had been placed in a bathroom basket to covertly record the girl while she was having a shower, Crown lawyer Fiona O’Kane claimed.

During police interviews he admitted setting the phone up to record, but insisted it was due to his own personal body issues.

“He said he did it to look at himself, that he had forgotten to remove it and wasn’t aware the 16-year-old daughter would be using the shower next,” Mrs O’Kane said.

Separate footage allegedly shows the man touching one of her friends while she was naked.

“It’s quite evident the teenage girl was intoxicated and effectively unconscious and he has taken advantage of that to move her top out of the way, expose her breasts and then touch them,” counsel submitted.

Another charge involving the same girl relates to an incident at a house party.

The man tried to pull her towards his groin after she joined him in a hot tub without realising he was naked, the court heard.

Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan was told inquiries into the alleged offending are continuing.

“There is an ongoing attempt to identify a teenage boy in one of the photographs,” Mrs O’Kane confirmed.

Earlier this year the man was granted bail, but breached conditions by travelling to Australia.

Before leaving the UK he allegedly told his ex-partner that he was going to end his life.

Police believe this was an attempt to have him classified as missing presumed dead.

Opposing the man’s bid to be re-released from custody, Mrs O’Kane contended: “The concern is obviously there is a level of deception involved.”

Defence barrister Peter Coiley argued that a friend of his client had been invited him out to Australia at a time when he was expressing suicidal thoughts.

“He would deny he was fleeing from anything, he was simply trying to get away to get his head cleared for that period of time, but he was going to have to come back at some stage,” Mr Coiley insisted.

Refusing bail, however, Dame Siobhan said: “My issue is the risk of absconding in the light of the seriousness of the alleged offences.”

With many thanks to the: Belfast Telegraph and Alan Erwin for the original publication. 

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