Brian Thomas Chapman, aged 58, from Moyallen Road, appeared before Newry Magistrates Court on Monday having been convicted at a sitting of Craigavon Magistrates Court of two counts of sexual assault. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. The court heard the victim, who was aged 16 at the time, was assaulted by Chapman when she worked at Chapman’s Farm Fresh store near Portadown.
The victim attended court with her parents. Advertisement Advertisement A prosecutor told District Judge Eamon King that he convicted Chapman of two out of the four charges before Craigavon Magistrate Court. She said on September 23, 2020, the victim told her mother that her boss, Brian Chapman, regularly hugged the girl.
She said Chapman put his hand on her thigh and the back of her leg and he had been giving her extra money plus sending her text messages. That was disclosed on September 23, 2020 and reported to police the next day. The prosecutor said that during an interview, the victim said that when she was alone in the office of Chapman’s Farm Fresh, the defendant ‘placed his hand on her upper thigh and his other hand on her lower back and underneath her trousers’.
"She also alleged about the various hugs,” said the prosecutor, adding that Chapman was then arrested. During interviews he denied the allegations. Police seized his phone.
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