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Ciaran McCleave trial: CCTV operator found guilty of voyeurism | Ciaran McCleave trial: CCTV operator found guilty of voyeurism |
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A CCTV operator has been found guilty of repeatedly watching a woman in north Belfast with a police camera. | A CCTV operator has been found guilty of repeatedly watching a woman in north Belfast with a police camera. |
Ciaran McCleave, 50, of Collinward Gardens, Newtownabbey, was accused of voyeurism for sexual gratification and misconduct in a public office while working at Antrim Road police station. | |
He had denied all eight charges against him. | |
McCleave was released on bail and will be sentenced on 5 September. | |
The court heard that he directed a camera at a woman's apartment for 79 minutes over a 26-day period. | |
The camera he used was supposed to monitor a north Belfast interface. | The camera he used was supposed to monitor a north Belfast interface. |
Belfast Crown Court was also told that, on one occasion, the woman was viewed in her underwear after coming out of the shower. | |
The court heard that the woman, who has since moved from the apartment, is still receiving counselling. | |
The offences date back to between October and November 2012. | The offences date back to between October and November 2012. |
In the trial, that lasted over one week, the jury were told that McCleave was a CCTV operator who sat at a workstation in front of a bank of 48 cameras at the north Belfast police station. | |
The court was told that McCleave's offending was discovered on 12 November 2012, when a colleague noticed that a camera had been zoomed into the living room of a young woman's apartment. |