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'Loner' known as 'Smoggie' 'upskirted' a woman as she waited for a train at Piccadilly station

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A sexual offender who ‘upskirted’ a woman on a summer’s day at Manchester Piccadilly train station has been spared jail. Andrew Mackie, 51, used a mobile phone to take pictures of the victim’s bare legs, skirt and crotch area as she sat waiting for a train on Platform 7 in July 2020.

Mackie - who is also known as ‘Smoggie’ according to court documents - was confronted by police officers at the station. He told them: “It’s a public place.” The defendant, from Warrington, has a long record of similar offences dating back several years.

However, his solicitor told magistrates that he managed a ‘significant’ period without offending until the pandemic brought an abrupt end to support he had been receiving.

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