Man (62) is alleged to have breached Sex Offences Prevention Order 'by being in company of child' at Bangor Train Station

A 62-YEAR-OLD man is accused of breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) by allegedly being 'in the company of a child' at Bangor Train Station.

Gary Collins, with an address given on the charge sheet as St Paul's Fold, Belfast, is charged in relation to October 7 this year.

He is also accused of another breach of the SOPO relating to May this year - the charge being that 'without reasonable excused entered into a relationship with ... (a female) ... without verifiable disclosure having been made'.

The cases were mentioned at Newtownards Magistrates Court and adjourned to January.

• Main picture: Bangor Train Station. Image: Google Maps.