From: Dominique Farrell [mailto:hollyandopal@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: 14 December 2016 2:43 pm
To: missmac4@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: FW: Pensioner caught red handed taking other passenger's phone at
Dublin Airport security
From: Dominique Farrell [mailto:hollyandopal@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: 14 December 2016 2:28 pm
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Subject: Pensioner caught red handed taking other passenger's phone at
Dublin Airport security
A Dublin man's phone was stolen by a woman in her mid-70s at the security
area in Dublin airport this morning.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio One, Gavin OReilly from Greystones, revealed that his
phone and passport were taken at Dublin Airport.
After going through the security area, Mr O'Reilly noticed that he no longer
had his passport or iPhone with him.
He told Joe Duffy on Liveline: "They did a search around the area, called
the supervisor, called the airport police. They came along and they checked
the video. They said: 'We have seen an elderly couple. They seemed to have
touched and moved the passports, so we are going to have a quick chat with
them'."
"This is at 6:30am in the morning. At that stage, we had missed the
flights... the police went down and talked with the elderly couple.
"[The police said:] look, we have done our best, it is obviously not them.
They don't have it... A few minutes later, the police [said] we have found
your passport but we haven't got the phone. The passport was discarded in
the duty-free area, [the garda said] you probably dropped the phone nearby."
Mr O'Reilly told Gardaí that he was not in that area since arriving at the
airport. A garda suggested using the 'Find my iPhone' app, which led to them
retrieving the phone.
"I used my partner's phone and saw it was 300 metres away," he said before
proceeding to alert the airport police. The app directed Mr O'Reilly to the
boarding area where the elderly couple they had previously questioned were
standing.
He used the app to set off the phone's alarm.
"[The garda] heard the phone, said please open your bag [to the woman] and
out pops the phone.
"I was asked whether I want to press charges or not. You are looking at an
elderly couple [in their mid-70s]. You are thinking of your own parents...
but I have to press charges, this is a criminal offence. She was arrested
and has subsequently been cautioned. That is the end of the matter.
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