Ireland Case No. 4107Possession of child pornography (anime images) · Co. Dublin · 20 Aug 2025
Court strikes out prosecution against man found with alleged anime child abuse images
Finley Bowd, 21, from Brixham, Devon, England, had his prosecution struck out at Dublin District Court after being charged with possessing category three child pornography anime images following a stop by US Homeland Security at Dublin Airport in August 2025.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports15 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe accused is a 21-year-old shop cashier from Brixham, Devon, England (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe was a shop cashier (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe was travelling to New York for a Comic Con event (irishtimes.com)
- whereHe was stopped by US Homeland Security at Terminal 2, Dublin Airport (irishtimes.com)
- whenHe was arrested at Terminal 2 on 20 August 2025 (irishtimes.com)
- investigationHis phone was seized (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí made enquiries with the UK establishing he has not come to police attention (irishtimes.com)
- investigationContact was made with a family member (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was charged with two offences under section 6.1 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998 (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was accused of possessing category three child pornography anime images (irishtimes.com)
- courtHe made no reply when charged (irishtimes.com)
- courtHe appeared at Dublin District Court on 21 August 2025 (irishtimes.com)
- courtHe was remanded on bail of €400 (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case was adjourned to 6 November and then again to Thursday (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe detective accepted the accused was co-operative (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 15 Jan2026Court strikes out prosecution against man found with alleged anime child abuse images
The article reports that Judge Shalom Binchy struck out the prosecution at Dublin District Court due to the DPP's failure to provide instructions on how the case was to proceed, ending the case without a plea being entered.
accused, Finley Bowd, 21, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Finley Bowd