2018-05-31 · Dublin
Men avoid jail over explicit online conversations involving fake 16-year-old
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, two men, Carl Byrne (28) and Aidan Lawlor (36), pleaded guilty to the possession, production and distribution of child pornography on 7 March 2013. Byrne had set up a fake profile posing as a 16‑year‑old girl, while Lawlor acted as the male participant in the online conversations. The court described…