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A west Belfast man has been given a three year probation order for sending lingerie and adult sex toys in the post to three women.
James Moylan (62), of Glen Road, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of harassment.
Belfast Crown Court heard that a woman reported to police on July 27 2022 that she had received “obscure items in the post”.
After being sent two parcels that included underwear and other items, police traced the parcel to the Royal Mail sorting office in Belfast.
CCTV footage was examined and a still image of a male was posted by police on a Facebook page in an appeal.
Days later the victim received a third package which contained a white lace bra and two pairs of black lace pants and other items.
On the same day, police received a report from a second female that she had received a parcel at her home.
She told police she recognised the hand writing as it was the same on other parcels she had received in 2018.
The incident in 2018 was reported to police but the case was later closed as the suspect could not be identified.
On August 6 2022, she received two further parcels.
That same day, a third female victim contacted police to say she had received a total of four parcels of a “sexual nature”.
In November 2022, one of the victims contacted police about their Facebook appeal and identified Moylan as someone she knew.
On March 4 2023, Moylan was interviewed for harassment at Antrim police station.
During the interview, the defendant said he had an addiction to alcohol and he had no recollection of posting the items.
When he was shown the CCTV footage, he replied “it probably was me”.
In a pre-sentence report compiled by the Probation Board, Moylan told the author he accepted that he sent the parcels, had no recollection of sending them and didn’t know his victims.
But the report’s author said there was “evidence of detailed planning in his offending”.
Defence barrister Tom McCreanor told the court that there had been no repetition of the incidents since detection and Moylan has never been in court before.
Judge Philip Gilpin said that by sending the packages to his victims home addresses, Moylan had “invaded their privacy”.
In victim impact statements, two of the women said the offending forced them to adapt their homes, increase their personal security and change their public-facing jobs.
“I have no doubt Mr Moylan that your offending has caused considerable harm to all of your victims,” said Judge Gilpin.
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