Asylum seeker arrested on deportation order after Irish assault charges dropped

A 27-year-old asylum seeker has been arrested pending deportation from Ireland after charges alleging he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl were withdrawn, the Irish Examiner reported. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was informed on October 23 that the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in the case. [1]

The accused man had been held in custody at Midlands Prison while awaiting trial for the alleged attack near Citywest in Dublin last year, according to the Irish Examiner. Upon being granted his freedom by the court following the withdrawal of the charges, officers from the Garda National Immigration Bureau immediately arrested him. [1]

The Irish Examiner reported that the man was subsequently returned to Midlands Prison after his arrest. He remains in custody there while official arrangements are made by authorities to deport him from the country. [1]