Horsebreeder Michael Beattie from Lisburn jailed for sexual abuse of teenage girl

Jailing Michael Harold Beattie at Craigavon Crown Court, sitting in Coleraine, Judge Peter Irvine KC said given the nature if the offences, the breach of trust and the list of aggravating factors, “it is clear this case has crossed the custody threshold.”

As well as ordering the 42-year-old to serve half his sentence in jail and half under supervised licence conditions, the judge told Beattie he will have to sign the sex offenders register for the rest of his life and also imposed a seven-year Sexual Offences Prevention Order which places numerous restrictions on Beattie in order to “protect the public from potential future harm.”