2025-06-25
Man (54) engaged in 'extremely sexualised' online chat with purported girl (12)
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence yesterday, Judge Brian O'Callaghan said that Walsh has pleaded guilty to a very serious offence. After considering the mitigating factors, he reduced the sentence to two and a half years and suspended it in full for the same period, subject to strict conditions.