A 62-year-old man is to face trial over an alleged try to incite a schoolgirl into sexual exercise, a decide ordered right this moment.
Anthony John O’Neill can also be accused of getting indecent photographs of youngsters.
The defendant, from Ava Avenue in Belfast, appeared on the metropolis’s Magistrates Court docket for a preliminary enquiry into the case towards him.
He's charged with a complete of 11 offences allegedly dedicated on dates between October 2017 and January 2018.
O’Neill is accused of tried sexual communication with a toddler and making an attempt to trigger a person aged below 16 to have interaction in sexual exercise.
He faces additional counts of possessing and making indecent images.
Throughout the transient listening to O’Neill confirmed that he understood the fees, however declined to present proof or name witnesses at this stage.
District Decide Anne Marshall accepted prosecution submissions that he has a prima facie case to reply.
She instructed the accused: “You're going to be returned for trial at Belfast Crown Court docket. Your solicitor will let of the subsequent date to attend.”
O’Neill was launched on persevering with bail, below situation that he's to not have unapproved contact with anybody below 16.