Man facing sex charges

A 72-year-old man who is the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order has been returned to Newry Crown Court on alleged breaches of that order.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th May 2015, 18:44 BST

Robert McComb, Daisy Hill Court, Ballyvally, Banbridge, appeared last Thursday at a preliminary enquiry at Newry courthouse.

He faces two charges of having unsupervised contact children, which he is prohibited from under the SOPO, on September 12 last year at Newry Street, Banbridge, and on October 6 at Milestone Supermarket, Rathfriland.

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McComb also faces four charges of being in a child centred location, which is also prohibited under the order.

These are alleged to have happened at Banbridge Leisure Centre on September 18 last year and September 29, and Assumption Grammar School on October 11 and October 18.

McComb was remanded on his own bail of £750 to appear for arraignment at Newry Crown Court on June 9.

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