Abuser secretly filmed step-daughter

A 50-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually abusing his step-daughter and secretly recording her in the bathroom. The man pleaded guilty to sexual assault, producing child pornography, and distributing child pornography between 2014 and 2016. A search of his home uncovered 96 videos and 82 images of child abuse material across two devices. The recordings were sent to another man in Donegal. Judge Elma Sheahan noted the deliberate nature of the concealed camera, hidden inside a clock, and described it as a continuation of the abuse itself. The victim, who was aged 12 or 13 at the time of the assault, delivered an impact statement describing lasting psychological harm. The final nine months of the sentence have been suspended on condition of two years' probation supervision following release.