Sex offender broke court order on train travel

A woman travelling by train from Dublin to Cork became so concerned about the actions of a 69-year-old man on board that gardaí were contacted and they arrested him.

Officers nabbed him as he stepped off the train at Kent railway station and it turned out he was on the Sex Offenders’ Register and under court order to notify gardaí at least two hours before taking any train journey.

Anthony Goodman gave no such notification, and he was yesterday given a three-month jail sentence by Judge Leo Malone at Cork District Court.