Man with Randalstown address who is accused of attempting to have 'sexual communication' with decoy is due to have case sent to Crown Court

A man with a Randalstown address who is charged with attempting to have a 'sexual communication' with a 'decoy' who was pretending to be a child, is set to have his case sent to the Crown Court.

He allegedly committed an offence between January 6 and January 31 this year.

Mark McVeigh (57), of Ballygrooby Crescent, appeared at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday (June 30).

The case was adjourned at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena. Photo: Pacemakerplaceholder image
The case was adjourned at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena. Photo: Pacemaker

A prosecutor told an earlier court it is a "decoy case".

At Tuesday's Court, the case was adjourned to August 11 for a preliminary enquiry - the legal step to potentially send the case to the Crown Court.

As part of bail the accused is to have no unsupervised access with anyone aged under 18.

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