Attempted Sexual Communication with Child accused bailed
Kilkeel man who stands charged with a single count of attempted sexual communication with a child.
BAIL has been granted in the case of a Kilkeel man who stands charged with a single count of attempted sexual communication with a child.
Appearing before Newry Magistrates via videolink from custody was David Shannon of Benagh Road Kilkeel.
Shannon faces a single count of on November 4 of this month for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification intentionally attempted to communicate with a person under 16 years, the communication being sexual or intended to encourage the said child to make a communication that was sexual, and that he did not reasonably believe that she was 16 years or over.
Given the fact that the case against Shannon was in District Judge Natasha Fitzsimons own words "a decoy case" she was willing to grant bail in the case subject to a number of conditions.
These are that Shannon is to be excluded from Kilkeel save for when he is attending employment, he is not to have direct or indirect contact with anyone under the age of 18 save for every day inadvertent contact and that he is not to have access to an internet enabled device. On these ground Judge Fitzsimons grated bail to the vlaue of £300.