A Scottish man who came to Ireland for a “fresh start” has received a five-and-a-half year prison sentence for harassment and possession of child pornography.
Detective Garda Colm Grogan said he arrested the accused at 4.47pm yesterday at his home and he replied: “Can we not do this tomorrow?”
He was taken to the Bridewell garda station, where he made no reply to any of the charges after caution.
Objecting to bail, he said the accused came to the attention of the gardai on a date in December 2019, when a detective sergeant allegedly observed Mr Boyle attempting to take a photograph of a personal nature of a young female travelling on the Luas at Harcourt Street.
When this was investigated, a number of electronic devices were seized from the accused and they allegedly contained 250,000 images of persons taken without their consent. These included a number of women and children in places of employment and on public transport.