2021-07-09 · Dublin
'Catfisher' who lured boys into sharing explicit images avoids jail
A 25‑year‑old Dublin man, formerly known as Ben Mooney and now Ben McCarthy, was sentenced to a three‑year suspended term after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. He admitted to using the alias "Nicole Heffernon" to contact up to 15 teenage boys via Facebook, sending them explicit images and videos of themselves in underwear or…