City 'no-go' for sex offender

A 20-year-old man has been ordered to stay out of Londonderry until he goes on trial in February for sexually abusing a female child.

The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have committed nine sex offences, four of which are rape charges.

These took place between January 2001 and December 2004 and started when he was aged 13 and the child was five.

Derry's crown court was told the man is already on the sex offenders' register.

Granting bail, Judge Desmond Marrinan QC also ordered the defendant not to go within 100 yards of any school playground or public park.