Ireland Man charged over serious assault after flight turned back to Dublin Airport
A man in his 30s, described only as a foreign national, is accused of a serious assault on a person in the Leinster area the week before a Monday flight incident in County Dublin. Gardaí identified him on Turkish Airlines flight TK1976, which had left Dublin for Istanbul at 10.50am on Monday, and the pilot was asked to return to Dublin Airport. He was arrested on suspicion of serious assault after the plane landed, held for several hours in a Leinster garda station and charged with a serious offence. He appeared in a district court and was remanded in custody to appear again the following week, with no bail application made, and that remand is the latest development reported.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrestednot reported
- Chargednot reported
- In court19 Sep
- Verdict
- Sentenced
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- The case concerns an alleged serious assault on a person, whose sex and age are not given.
- Where
- The case is recorded under County Dublin, with the alleged assault in the Leinster area.
- The flight was bound from Dublin to Istanbul and was asked to turn back to Dublin Airport.
- The flight went into a holding pattern over the Liverpool area, more than 200 km from Dublin, before flying back to Dublin.
- When
- The alleged serious assault took place in the Leinster area the week before the flight incident.
- Turkish Airlines flight TK1976 left Dublin at 10.50am on Monday, and the return request was made on Monday afternoon.
- Investigation
- Reports differ on timing: one says gardaí requested the return minutes after take-off, while another says the pilot was reached only once the flight was over Liverpool.
- Detectives from the Garda National Immigration Bureau identified the suspect on the flight and had the pilot told to return.
- The suspect was arrested on suspicion of serious assault once the plane landed.
- Charges
- The suspect was held for several hours in a garda station in the Leinster area before being charged with a serious offence.
- In court
- The suspect appeared in a district court and was remanded in custody to appear again the following week.
- There was no bail application.
- Other details
- The suspect was understood to have intended to fly back to his own country via Istanbul.
10 statements extracted from the articles
- whereThe Turkish Airlines flight was bound from Dublin to Istanbul and was requested to turn back to Dublin Airport. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe flight went into a holding pattern over Liverpool before flying back to Dublin. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe flight left Dublin at 10.50am on Monday. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe alleged serious assault took place in the Leinster area the week before. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationDetectives from the Garda National Immigration Bureau identified the suspect on the flight and had the pilot told to return to the airport. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe suspect, a foreign national, was arrested on suspicion of a serious assault once the plane landed. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe suspect, in his 30s, was held for several hours in a garda station in the Leinster area before being charged with a serious offence. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe suspect appeared in a district court and was remanded in custody to appear again the following week. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThere was no bail application. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe suspect was understood to have intended to fly back to his own country via Istanbul. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
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Adds the detail that gardaí had the flight turned back after identifying the suspect on board, the suspect's reported plan to transit through Istanbul, and that he was charged and remanded in custody with no bail application.
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