Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2019-12-19
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Matthew Horan (27) of St John's Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin was jailed after Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard he was caught in possession of thousands of child porn images and coerced young girls to send him sexually graphic pictures and videos of themselves between April 2014 and July 2016. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him then to seven and half years in prison.
2018-03-22
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Matthew Horan (26) was sentenced last January to nine-and-a-half years with the final two and a half suspended. During the sentence hearing last January, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Horan used Skype, Snapchat, Instagram and Kik, an anonymous instant messaging application, to send and receive child porn images from six identified child users in Ireland and nine unknown users around the world.
2018-01-26
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan suspended the last two years of the nine-and-a-half year sentence. Judge Nolan backdated the sentence to June last year, when Horan went into custody.
2018-01-22
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case to Friday and said he intends to sentence Horan then.; Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case to Friday and said he intends to sentence Horan then.