Bellek man sent girl a letter saying he wanted to marry her when she turned 16

NEWRY magistrates court has heard how with a man with an address in Bellek sent a letter to a young  girl saying that whenever she turned 16 he wanted to marry her.  

The fact was related in the case of Patrick Gerard Cumiskey (44) of, Main street Bellek who was convicted of a single charge of stalking before Newry Magistrates   

The court heard how attention was first brought to the matter whenever police received a third-party report from a local councillor who informed them they had been contacted by the family of a girl who had received a concerning letter from the defendant Cumiskey in December of last year.

Full story in next week's edition of the Newry Democrat