Lost Sony Xperia M in Dublin 06th Dec 2014

Black Sony Xperia M in Dublin on 6th Dec 2014. I made contact with the gentleman who found my phone (on Sunday morning), a certain "Patrick" who said he was from Kilkenny. He wouldn't give his surname and claimed to have tried to hand the phone into an unnamed Garda station. He claimed they wouldn't take as it was password protected. The Guards have since confirmed to me this is not normal procedure (they would have taken it). Strangely "Patrick" wouldn't give me his contact number either. I said I would call Friday to arrange to pick up in Dublin on Sat 13th. However, the phone is now turned off. The phone is a relatively inexpensive model of no value to anyone but does contain photos/music etc. that I would like to have back. I also offered to drive to Kilkenny to pick up but "Patrick" said not to bother.