2024-12-17
Admin of child abuse group caught after FBI tip-off should not have been given suspended sentence, appeal court finds
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to three years in prison suspended for a period of four years by Judge James McCourt at Wexford Circuit Court on March 20, 2024. The judge suspended the final year of the term, noting that the suspension of a portion of the sentence was worthwhile to encourage Ryan's continued rehabilitation.