Man accused of indecent assault on child remanded

Mon, 06 Apr 2015

Douglas Courthouse

A Douglas man who's been accused of indecently assaulting a child has been remanded in prison.

38-year-old Andrew Byrne appeared at Douglas Courthouse earlier this week via live video link.

He faces four charges, which date between 1991 and 1995, and an additional 18 for possessing, making or publishing indecent photographs of children between 2007 and 2014.

He's also charged with breaking a sexual offences prevention order between 2013 and 2015.

Committal proceedings will take place on April 28th - there was no application for bail and he was remanded at the Isle of Man Prison.