Tareq Elkudir given suspended sentence for sexual assault

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Tareq Elkudir received a fully suspended 18-month sentence for sexual assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court; the report says the hearing was on 11 April 2024.

The offence took place on a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Dublin on 2 May 2022. Elkudir had pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault.

Judge Martin Nolan said Elkudir did not deserve to go to prison. The report said a passenger intervened after Elkudir touched and hit the 16-year-old girl during the flight.