Cork man who sent lewd message to schoolgirl hours after release from prison for sexual assault requests bail

Defendant complained he was sleeping on the floor of a cell due to overcrowding but judge told him the case could not move on due to solicitors' strike and remanded him in custody until July 17

Accused previously told gardaí: 'Snapchat is like a haven for paedophiles.' File picture: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images

A 51-year-old Mitchelstown man sent a sexual Snapchat message to a schoolgirl within three hours of his release from prison from a sentence for a sexual assault despite strict conditions asked to be let out on bail again on Monday, complaining he was sleeping on the floor of a cell because of overcrowding.

Anthony Quigley, of Roche’s Heights, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, appeared for sentencing on Monday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court but the case — like more than 20 cases against other defendants — had to be adjourned because of the solicitors’ dispute over the minister for justice’s plan to change free legal aid payments.