Judge finds Facebook post
did not breach court order

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Apr 2015, 11:40 BST
Gary Woods who was jailed for 15 Months at Antrim Crown Court for beating up his ex girlfriend.PICTURE MARK JAMIESON.Gary Woods who was jailed for 15 Months at Antrim Crown Court for beating up his ex girlfriend.PICTURE MARK JAMIESON.
Gary Woods who was jailed for 15 Months at Antrim Crown Court for beating up his ex girlfriend.PICTURE MARK JAMIESON.
An Aghadowey man has been cleared of breaching a non molestation order after he posted a comment on a Facebook site.

Gary Woods (25) who is currently a serving prisoner at Magheraberry, appeared before District Judge Liam McNally at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Woods contested the charge, which related to a post on a Facebook site ‘Buy, Swap and Sell’.

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The non molestation order had been put in place by Judge McNally on June 3, 2014 forbidding the defendant from using violence against, intimating or harassing his former partner, Michelle Loughrey,

Court heard that on December 12 last year Ms Loughrey, posted a message on the page which included details about Woods being ‘on the run’ and being in breach of his bail.

Loughrey told the court from the witness box, that she was ‘petrified’ as she didn’t know where Woods was, and she was ‘terrified’ for her own and her daughter’s safety.

Court heard that a post then appeared, which Ms Loughrey believed was from the defendant, saying ‘Shelly you’re getting took up for your lies, on way for you’.

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