{"id":211796,"date":"2025-06-25T00:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T00:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211796\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T00:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T00:53:11","slug":"stormont-indecent-exposure-incident-being-investigated-by-psni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211796\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormont &#8216;indecent exposure&#8217; incident being investigated by PSNI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incident is alleged to have occurred during a zoom call discussing Special Educational Needs<\/p>\n<p>21:57, 24 Jun 2025Updated 21:59, 24 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Spring-weather-Mar-31st-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Parliament Buildings, Stormont\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Parliament Buildings, Stormont(Image: Rebecca Black\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/PSNI\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> PSNI<\/a> is investigating a report of indecent exposure during a meeting at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/stormont\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormont.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Explicit images and threatening messages were reportedly posted during a meeting for parents of young people with Special <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/education\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Educational<\/a> Needs (SEN).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">While many adults and young people attended in person, arrangements were made to allow others to attend remotely via Zoom. A user on that platform is reported to have transmitted the explicit images and threatening messages during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">SEN Reform NI and Caleb\u2019s Cause NI, which organised the event, issued a statement apologising for the incident, and said they were going to look at how to safeguard future zoom calls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cSEN Reform NI and Caleb\u2019s Cause NI would like to apologise for the incident that took place on the zoom this afternoon,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe whole purpose of SEN Reform NI is to keep parents at the heart of everything we do. This is why when we have events we love to have parents involved and included at every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cFor our event in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/stormont \" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormont<\/a> today, we had many parents come along but also arranged a zoom as we understand what it\u2019s like to find childcare, or even leave our children at all. Parents were sitting on a zoom with their children, listening to the different ways we can protect and support them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe fact that someone decided to use this space to do what they did was absolutely disgusting. Unfortunately, this does mean we will have to look at putting safeguarding elements in place when planning future zooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThis is something we are going to look into and take advice on how we can ensure our future zooms are a safe space for all involved. To the person who committed a serious offence during our zoom this afternoon. The PSNI have been informed. Shame on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/psni\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">PSNI<\/a> said officers received a report of indecent exposure online in the east Belfast area at about 12.15pm on Tuesday June 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cInquiries are ongoing and anyone with information that could assist police is asked to get in touch via the 101 number, quoting reference 675 of 24\/06\/25,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=1342b3be-3db3-461a-a6b4-c60bfcaa13da&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"sign up to our daily newsletterLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident is alleged to have occurred during a zoom call discussing Special Educational Needs 21:57, 24 Jun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[188,2266,12,1618,11191,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-211796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-psni","13":"tag-stormont","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114741275009009634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}