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Man caught taking photos of woman in airport toilet found to have hundreds of child abuse images
Summary
A man who was apprehended taking photographs in a female toilet cubicle at Dublin Airport has been convicted and sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Arthur Fiks, aged 47, admitted assault causing harm and possession of child sexual abuse material following an incident at Terminal One on 28 June 2022. A woman discovered a mobile phone positioned beneath her cubicle door and retrieved it. When she emerged, Fiks attempted to reclaim the device, and during the altercation pulled hair from her scalp. Gardaí subsequently found over 300 child abuse images stored across multiple phones in his possession, including material depicting children aged between one and thirteen. Judge Pauline Codd sentenced Fiks to three and a half years imprisonment, with the final nine months suspended. The sentence was backdated to June 2022, when he entered custody. He was ordered to register as a sex offender and to leave the jurisdiction upon release. The court heard Fiks had recently arrived from Poland and had been employed as a farm worker in County Monaghan before losing his position.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man caught taking photos of woman in airport toilet found to have hundreds of child abuse images. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- June 28, 2022 Incident
- June 29, 2022 Other
- 2024-05-30 Publication
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Outcome: In a ruling today, Judge Pauline Codd sentenced Fiks to three and a half years in prison, with the final nine months suspended. The sentence was backdated to June 29, 2022, when Fiks went into custody.
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