Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Sexual assault

Where

Co. Dublin, Co. Wicklow

Reporting

4 reports, 1 May 2026 to 17 May 2026

Outlets

irishmirror.ie, kildarenow.com, irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie

• Man sentenced to eight years for sexual assault in Dublin Sexual assault · Co. Dublin

  Philip Dignam, 41, was sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting Kathleen Morris in Dublin in 2020, recording eight videos of the acts while she was asleep or unconscious. The pair had met in a consensual sexual relationship at hotel rooms. Dignam had previously received a fully suspended sentence in 2018 for possessing over 900 images and 13 videos of child sexual abuse, traced to him through an FBI investigation of the dark web site Playpen. The sexual assault case went to trial four times before Justice Burns imposed the sentence, suspending the final year on conditions. Kathleen Morris waived her anonymity to allow Dignam to be named in reporting.

  Sentenced, 17 May 2026Victim · 1 report
• Wicklow man jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping woman Sexual assault · Co. Wicklow

  Philip Dignam, 41, of Lacken, Blessington, Wicklow, recorded eight videos of himself sexually assaulting Kathleen Morris while she was asleep or unconscious on dates unknown in 2020. Morris became aware of the assaults in 2022 when her then-partner found the videos on a phone she had previously used. Dignam pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting Morris after the case had gone to trial four times with delays relating to the video evidence. At the Central Criminal Court, Justice Paul Burns sentenced Dignam to eight years in prison, with the final year suspended on conditions including three years of Probation Service supervision, noting the offences warranted a headline sentence of nine years.

  Sentenced, 1 May 2026Victim · 3 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 17 May2026
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Man sentenced to eight years for sexual assault in Dublin

   Jailed paedo promised not to re-offend after FBI probe led straight to his door

   victim, Kathleen Morris, female, irish (judged from name)Kathleen Morris♀IE
2. 14 May2026
   Sentencedkildarenow.com, in Wicklow man jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping woman

   Blessington man jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping woman

   victim, Kathleen Morris, female, irish (judged from name)Kathleen Morris♀IE
3. 11 May2026
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Wicklow man jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping woman

   Man recorded eight videos of himself sexually assaulting sleeping woman

   victim, Kathleen Morris, female, irish (judged from name)Kathleen Morris♀IE
4. 1 May2026
   Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Wicklow man jailed for sexually assaulting sleeping woman

   Wicklow man who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a sleeping woman jailed

   victim, Kathleen Morris, female, irish (judged from name)Kathleen Morris♀IE

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