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Tom Tuite

Man caught spying on woman in Dublin Burger King toilet spared jail

A man caught spying on a woman in a toilet cubicle during an "unpleasant experience" at a Burger King in Dublin has been spared jail.

Joseph Locke, 36, Myra Close, Emmet Road, Dublin 8, was fined €200. He pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to offensive conduct of a sexual nature in connection with the incident at the fast-food restaurant on Lower O'Connell Street on September 14, 2022.

Court Sergeant Maire McDevitt outlined the evidence on behalf of the investigating garda. She said gardai received a call at 9.40 pm that the defendant had entered the female toilets and "interacted with a female using the other cubicle".

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