*1 month suspended for this is a disgrace. They used a issue with his mental health to reduce his sentence, what about* the mental *health of the men who were* illegally filmed *? Oh they don’t know they were filmed.*
Atoche pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to a charge contrary to Section 45(3) Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, stating that on June 11, 2025, he did intentionally engage in offensive conduct of a sexual nature by making recordings of unidentified males’ genitalia whilst they were urinating in a male bathroom in Terminal 1.
Shortly after 2pm on the date of the offence, Atoche “was taking video recordings in the bathrooms of other unknown males who were using the urinals”. Airport police approached him, and he handed over his phone.
Able-Exam6453 on
Eww eww…but how did he squeeze into the loo unseen by the occupant?
Dear me. All these ‘moments of madness’ encountered on planes. Maybe he’d been at the Nurofen Plus.
Mitigation pleas involved early trauma, use of the word ‘triggered’, decent third level ed qualifications, remorse and mystification, and have one yourself. If they’d added some quite irrelevant struggle, such as dyslexia or colour blindness, he’d have won the toaster and cuddly toy.
Shamrocksf23 on
How the f ca this not be a jail worthy offense. What a joke
Ashamed_Counter8408 on
‘Moment of Madness’ fuck right off.
I was about to write that the outcome would be different if this took place in the women’s bathroom, but I actually don’t know anymore. Ireland has such a soft spot for sexual offences, it’s disgusting.
LucyVialli on
“The court was told that the defendant still could not explain his actions” – no, he just chose not to.
5u114 on
“He holds a master’s degree in secondary school education …”
You don’t say ? Good filming opportunities I suppose ?
Anyway, yet another nonce getting a slap on the wrist in the Irish Republic. Business as usual.
Spurioun on
Long story short is we need a new prison. There’s no room left in what we currently have, so courts end up letting creeps like this walk free.
boiler_1985 on
The amount of times I’ve read “avoids jail” in these headlines, is fucking INSANE. And it usually involves crimes of a sexual nature!?!? The amount of suspended sentences they are giving for people who have child abuse imagery in absolutely terrifying.. what the fuck is going on?!
IntentionFalse8822 on
When was the last time a sex offender was jailed in this country? I opened the article expecting a story about the usual judge to be letting another dangerous sex offender walk free but this is a different judge and it seems this time the victims were all adults (although the sex offender was qualified as a teacher so……).
The “Boys will be Boys” defence seems to carry increasing weight in Irish courts.
Justinian2 on
Typical terminal 1 behaviour
coffee_and-cats on
If the men recorded weren’t aware, then who or how was he caught?
DueDisplay2185 on
Videos of 5 unidentified male genitalia at an airport, 6 months sentence. They really need soundbites with this sort of thing
GamerGuy123454 on
Vigilantism will probably become a big problem if the judiciary don’t get a handle on this carry on
Wide_Relief8341 on
Is that serial scumbag defender Valerie Corcoran as a judge now? That’s interesting
pauldavis1234 on
It would be interesting to see the sentencing if the victims were female.
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*1 month suspended for this is a disgrace. They used a issue with his mental health to reduce his sentence, what about* the mental *health of the men who were* illegally filmed *? Oh they don’t know they were filmed.*
Atoche pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to a charge contrary to Section 45(3) Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, stating that on June 11, 2025, he did intentionally engage in offensive conduct of a sexual nature by making recordings of unidentified males’ genitalia whilst they were urinating in a male bathroom in Terminal 1.
Shortly after 2pm on the date of the offence, Atoche “was taking video recordings in the bathrooms of other unknown males who were using the urinals”. Airport police approached him, and he handed over his phone.
Eww eww…but how did he squeeze into the loo unseen by the occupant?
Dear me. All these ‘moments of madness’ encountered on planes. Maybe he’d been at the Nurofen Plus.
Mitigation pleas involved early trauma, use of the word ‘triggered’, decent third level ed qualifications, remorse and mystification, and have one yourself. If they’d added some quite irrelevant struggle, such as dyslexia or colour blindness, he’d have won the toaster and cuddly toy.
How the f ca this not be a jail worthy offense. What a joke
‘Moment of Madness’ fuck right off.
I was about to write that the outcome would be different if this took place in the women’s bathroom, but I actually don’t know anymore. Ireland has such a soft spot for sexual offences, it’s disgusting.
“The court was told that the defendant still could not explain his actions” – no, he just chose not to.
“He holds a master’s degree in secondary school education …”
You don’t say ? Good filming opportunities I suppose ?
Anyway, yet another nonce getting a slap on the wrist in the Irish Republic. Business as usual.
Long story short is we need a new prison. There’s no room left in what we currently have, so courts end up letting creeps like this walk free.
The amount of times I’ve read “avoids jail” in these headlines, is fucking INSANE. And it usually involves crimes of a sexual nature!?!? The amount of suspended sentences they are giving for people who have child abuse imagery in absolutely terrifying.. what the fuck is going on?!
When was the last time a sex offender was jailed in this country? I opened the article expecting a story about the usual judge to be letting another dangerous sex offender walk free but this is a different judge and it seems this time the victims were all adults (although the sex offender was qualified as a teacher so……).
The “Boys will be Boys” defence seems to carry increasing weight in Irish courts.
Typical terminal 1 behaviour
If the men recorded weren’t aware, then who or how was he caught?
Videos of 5 unidentified male genitalia at an airport, 6 months sentence. They really need soundbites with this sort of thing
Vigilantism will probably become a big problem if the judiciary don’t get a handle on this carry on
Is that serial scumbag defender Valerie Corcoran as a judge now? That’s interesting
It would be interesting to see the sentencing if the victims were female.