2025-07-31 · Cork
Man's suspended sentence for sending explicit messages to teen is overturned after appeal
James Varian, 32, was jailed for three years after the Court of Appeal overturned his original fully suspended sentence for sending 2,500 sexually explicit messages to a 15‑year‑old boy and for possessing 7,781 child pornography images, most of which were of prepubescent children under 12. The original judge had imposed four years fully suspended…