65-year-old Dublin man sentenced for child pornography

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The unnamed 65-year-old Dublin man received concurrent sentences totalling two years, with the final year suspended, for child pornography offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 8 November 2021.

He pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing and distributing child pornography. The suspended year was subject to conditions including 12 months’ probation supervision and victim focused work.

Judge Melanie Greally set a three-year headline sentence. The source describes the Skype conversation as a fantasy about raping his granddaughters, then aged seven and two.