Award winning lollipop man to stand trial for allegedly installing hidden camera at showering facilities

An award-winning lollipop man is to stand trial for allegedly installing a hidden camera to film an unsuspecting victim at showering facilities, a judge ordered today.

Stephen Carter, 51, appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court charged with constructing equipment to commit the offence of voyeurism. Carter, of Coolehill Crescent in Newtownabbey, also faces nine separate counts of making indecent images of a child. The alleged offences were committed over a period between October 2021 and September 2024.

His solicitor, Owen Beattie, did not contest prosecution submissions that he has a prima facie case to answer. No further details were disclosed.