The charge alleges that McNally observed another doing a private act for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification, knowing that the other person did not consent to being watched
Belfast Magistrates Court
A Belfast man was remanded into custody today accused of voyeurism in the toilets of a university.
Appearing in the dock of Belfast Magistrates Court, 39-year-old Michael McNally was charged with a single count of voyeurism alleged to have been committed on 2 December this year.
The charge alleges that McNally, from Cliftonpark Avenue, observed another doing a private act for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification, knowing that the other person did not consent to being watched.
During a contested application for bail, the court heard how the alleged incident took place in the toilet of Ulster University and that McNally was arrested after he was identified on CCTV footage.
The police are to conduct a VIPER (Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording) police line-up later this week and defence solicitor Pearse MacDermott told the court that during interviews, McNally “was adamant that he was not involved in this incident.”
The lawyer conceded that although McNally is on CCTV in the area, “there’s nothing to put him at the incident when it happened.”
Mr MacDermott argued that despite his record, McNally could be granted bail but District Judge Amanda Henderson said she was “very concerned” about the defendant’s previous convictions.
On that basis, she refused bail and remanding McNally into custody, she adjourned the case to 30 December.
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