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14
Oct
Great Ouseburn man found to have committed acts of stalking and burglary
A jury has found a Great Ouseburn man to have committed acts of both stalking and burglary.
The verdict was delivered at the end of Cavan Beggs-Reid's trial at Newcastle Crown Court, which concluded on October 2.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service indictment, Beggs-Reid entered a property in Great Ouseburn on April 2, 2023, as a trespasser and stole CCTV camera equipment.
In addition, he stalked a named man between February 20, 2024, and April 27, 2024.
The indictment says Beggs-Reid followed, watched and repeatedly confronted and filmed the man, as well as sent him repeated “notices and correspondence”.
The 64-year-old defendant’s behaviour had a “substantial adverse effect” on the victim’s day-to-day life, it adds.
Beggs-Reid was found to have committed the act of both burglary and stalking.
‘Found to have committed the act’ is a term used when a defendant is deemed to be unfit to plead to an offence, but the jury concludes they did the act of which they are accused.
If a defendant is not fit to offer a plea but the trial goes ahead, what is known as a finding of fact trial takes place.
Beggs-Reid, of Main Street, was also charged with criminal damage but the jury found he did not commit the act.
He has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at later a date.
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