American man jailed for applying for passports in Cork in names of deceased babies

The judge said the first aggravating factor in the case was the challenge and threat Randolph Kirk Parker' actions caused to the passport system in Ireland

Randolph Kirk Parker was sentenced to three-and-a-half years with the final 15 months suspended. His identity remains a mystery while international enquiries were made to establish his name. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 73-year-old American whose deception threatened the integrity of the Irish passport system was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in jail for applying for Irish passports in the name of two babies who died in the 1950s.

Judge Jonathan Dunphy imposed a sentence of three-and-a-half years with the final 15 months suspended on Randolph Kirk Parker whose identity remained a mystery while international enquiries were made to establish his name. When arrested in Cork last September he presented as Philip Morris and gardaí originally prosecuted him in this name.