Ireland Named in reporting
Cristian Topiter
Born 1985, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 13 Dec 2024 to 20 Feb 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- 1985, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Arson
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 13 Dec 2024 to 20 Feb 2025
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Man jailed for six years for arson at St Michan's Church Dublin Arson · Co. Dublin
On 11 June 2024, a fire was set in the crypt of St Michan's Church in Dublin, damaging mummified remains including an 800-year-old mummy. Cristian Topiter, a 39-year-old man, was arrested the following day and later charged with arson. He affirmed his guilty plea at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in December 2024. On 20 February 2025, Topiter was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, backdated to 11 June 2024, after Archdeacon David Pierpoint described the fire as an act of desecration and sacrilege.
Sentenced, 20 Feb 2025Convicted · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Cristian Topiter, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 20 Feb2025Man who set fire to church crypt containing historic mummified remains jailed for six yearsconvicted, Cristian Topiter, 39, male, namedCristian Topiter
- 20 Feb2025‘An act of desecration’: Man jailed for six years for starting fire in Dublin church cryptconvicted, Cristian Topiter, 39, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Cristian Topiter
- 13 Dec2024Man to be sentenced for arson at Dublin church that damaged mummified remainsconvicted, Cristian Topiter, 39, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Cristian Topiter
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