PPS v Boomer (Timothy)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | District Judge (MC) Ranaghan |
| Neutral Citation | [2019] NIMag 1 |
| Court | Magistrates' Court (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 27 February 2019 |
Neutral Citation No: [2019] NIMag 1
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: 2019NIMAG1
Delivered: 27/02/19
ICOS: 18/056789
PPS
v
TIMOTHY BOOMER
IN THE PETTY SESSIONS DISTRICT OF FERMANAGH AND TYRONE
Strabane Youth Court
Michael Ranaghan DJ (MC)
Introduction
1. This contested hearing was heard by a Youth Court Panel (“the Panel”) sitting
at Strabane Magistrates’ Court on 31 January 2019. Timothy Boomer (“the
defendant”), date of birth 13 June 2000, is charged with five counts of
committing an act of a lewd obscene and disgusting nature and outraging
public decency contrary to common law. The charges relate to covert video
recordings of two teachers, Sally Rees and Carol McKeown, made by the
defendant whilst a pupil at Enniskillen Royal School, formerly Portora Royal
School.
2. The images were taken on various dates between 1 February 2015 and 13
September 2016. This timeframe was then narrowed as set out in the agreed
statement of facts. On 24 November 2016 a USB memory stick was found in
an ICT room of the school. On examination the memory stick was found to
contain the images the subject of the charges and also other documents which
demonstrated that the memory stick belonged to the defendant. During after
caution interview the defendanT accepted that he owned the memory stick
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