{"id":696530,"date":"2026-01-15T00:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/696530\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:45:14","slug":"man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-indecent-exposure-outside-school-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/696530\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested on suspicion of \u2018indecent exposure\u2019 outside school \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a man \u201cindecently exposed himself\u201d outside a school in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/derry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/derry\/\">Derry<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/psni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/psni\">PSNI<\/a> is investigating two incidents in the city which they believe may be linked. They include the indecent exposure incident as well as a separate incident in which a woman was followed in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 35-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and remains in police custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police have issued descriptions of the suspects in both incidents and want to hear from witnesses to both.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-indecent-exposure-outside-school-7REFIVKEQRHQPIFIZLWOQC7MYA\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Man arrested on suspicion of &#x2018;indecent exposure&#x2019; outside school\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAC72WRLCVMMRMANY5YX2FDPMY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/man-ran-into-burning-home-in-attempt-to-save-dog-after-frightening-newry-petrol-bomb-attack-NAC5R46QCFDZHKR4T4TLXKZ72Q\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Man ran into burning home in attempt to save dog after &#x2018;frightening&#x2019; Newry petrol bomb attack\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XB3RKC3WAJFCNPRHUL7D5EFCDA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe first incident was a report on Tuesday 13 January that a man indecently exposed himself in the Culmore Road area of the city, at approximately 3.30-3.40pm in the vicinity of a school,\u201d a PSNI statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe suspect in this incident is described as a black male, approximately six foot tall and wore a blue coat, blue chino-type trousers, dark-coloured shoes, had a tight short haircut and with an athletic build, and aged between 30 and 40 years old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe second incident was reported at 1.40am today, Wednesday, 14 January. A woman is reported to have been followed by a man she didn\u2019t know while walking on Great James Street approximately 20 minutes earlier. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis male is described as having a dark skin tone, wore a black top and grey bottoms and followed the woman, walking a distance behind her. The woman was able to make her way to safety, but has been left distressed by the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cPolice patrols were conducted within the Great James Street area and nearby streets, however, there was no further sightings of this male.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A police spokesperson said the force \u201ctakes reports of this nature incredibly seriously and officers will be on patrol to provide reassurance\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a man \u201cindecently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[16767,1144,1618,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-696530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-derry","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"tag-psni","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115896354468651750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696530","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=696530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}